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hideous

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I actually find the cheap, hideous designs more impressive in some ways.

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Quick take

grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hideous gathered in one view.

adjective

grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

adjective

so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hideous.

adjective

grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

See also: horrid, horrific, outrageous

adjective

so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"

See also: repulsive

Example sentences

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I actually find the cheap, hideous designs more impressive in some ways.

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If this was a sales funnel, you would notice hideous conversion rates between all the steps.

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Here are a few ideas: - Kids ignore warning signs around mine fields -- why not design hideous boundary demons to frighten them off?

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The scariest dystopias are not hideous hellscapes where nobody would want to live, as those tend to self-destruct or at best persist in tiny enclaves and never catch on. Who would want to emulate North Korea?

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But in doing so, they directly contribute to, and exacerbate, the hideous distortion of the Bay Area's housing market.

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It's a bit like the VB/Access culture Microsoft promoted back in the day, which generated some of the most hideous corporate apps I've ever seen.

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For a long period of time, reinstalling Chrome meant getting dropped\ninto a hideous, single-window "Metro" implementation that offered none of the\nbenefits of the environment, and every downside.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use hideous in a sentence?

I actually find the cheap, hideous designs more impressive in some ways.

What does hideous mean?

grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

What part of speech is hideous?

hideous is commonly used as adjective.