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Pronunciation:
[ hˈɪdi͡əs], [ hˈɪdiəs], [ h_ˈɪ_d_iə_s]
The word "hideous" is often used to describe something that is extremely unpleasant or repulsive to look at. Synonyms for "hideous" include words like "ugly," "disgusting," "repulsive," "gruesome," "monstrous," "grotesque," "frightful," "offensive," "abhorrent," and "abominable." These words convey a strong sense of ugliness and repulsion, and are often used in literature and everyday conversation to describe things that are visually appalling or hard to look at. When looking for a synonym for "hideous," be sure to consider the context in which you are using the word, as some synonyms may be more appropriate than others depending on the situation.
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Similar words for hideous:
- awful (adjective)
- evil (adjective)
- grisly (adjective)
- macabre (adjective)
- obscene (adjective)
- repulsive (adjective)
- tasteless (adjective)
- ugly (adjective)
- yucky (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- appalling (adjective)
- disgusting (adjective)
- dreadful (adjective)
- frightful (adjective)
- frightful/frightening (adjective)
- ghastly (adjective)
- grim (adjective)
- gruesome (adjective)
- heinous (adjective)
- horrendous (adjective)
- horrible (adjective)
- horrible/horrendous/horrid (adjective)
- horrid (adjective)
- loathsome (adjective)
- lurid (adjective)
- monstrous (adjective)
- offensive (adjective)
- shocking (adjective)
- terrible (adjective)
- unattractive (adjective)
- unsightly (adjective)
Synonyms for Hideous:
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adj.
• awful • evil- abominable ,
- atrocious ,
- bad ,
- baneful ,
- calamitous ,
- damnable ,
- destructive ,
- detrimental ,
- disgraceful ,
- foul ,
- heinous ,
- loathsome ,
- monstrous ,
- nefarious ,
- no good ,
- offensive ,
- repellent ,
- reprehensible ,
- repugnant ,
- revolting ,
- sinful ,
- sinister ,
- wicked ,
- unpropitious .
- Hard-featured ,
- Ill-looking ,
- abhorrent ,
- bad-looking ,
- disagreeable ,
- disfigured ,
- displeasing ,
- grotesque ,
- homely ,
- inelegant ,
- mis-shapen ,
- not much to look at ,
- odious ,
- plain ,
- shapeless ,
- unaesthetic ,
- unappealing ,
- unattractive ,
- undesirable ,
- unlovely ,
- unpleasing .
- Ender ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis maying ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-maying ,
- endest ,
- grodier ,
- grodiest ,
- more daunting ,
- more disheartening ,
- more dismaying ,
- more petrifying ,
- more scaring ,
- more unnerving ,
- most daunting ,
- most disheartening ,
- most dismaying ,
- most petrifying ,
- most scaring ,
- most unnerving ,
- un nerving ,
- un-nerving .
- beastlier ,
- beastliest ,
- de testable ,
- de-testable ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis tasteful ,
- dis-gusting ,
- dis-tasteful ,
- more cloying ,
- more satiating ,
- more sleazeball ,
- more surfeiting ,
- most satiating ,
- most sleazeball ,
- most surfeiting ,
- nerdier ,
- nerdiest ,
- objectionable ,
- scuzzier ,
- scuzziest ,
- shameless ,
- yecchier ,
- yecchiest .
- dis quieting ,
- dis-quieting ,
- in conceivable ,
- in-conceivable ,
- more grabber ,
- more traumatic ,
- most grabber ,
- most traumatic ,
- portentous .
- ghostly ,
- more corpselike ,
- more mortuary ,
- more wraithlike ,
- most corpselike ,
- most mortuary ,
- most wraithlike ,
- super natural ,
- super-natural ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-natural .
- fore boding ,
- fore-boding ,
- in exorable ,
- in tractable ,
- in-exorable ,
- in-tractable ,
- more foreboding ,
- more glowering ,
- more scowling ,
- more splenetic ,
- most crabbed ,
- most foreboding ,
- most glowering ,
- most scowling ,
- most splenetic ,
- re solute ,
- re-solute ,
- splenetic ,
- stern ,
- un relenting ,
- un yielding ,
- un-relenting ,
- un-yielding .
- scarier ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest ,
- unholy .
- low down ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- most low down ,
- most low-down ,
- most lowdown ,
- off color ,
- offcolor .
- Miscreated ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis-graceful ,
- in human ,
- in tolerable ,
- in-human ,
- in-tolerable ,
- mis created ,
- mis-created ,
- more miscreated ,
- more teratoid ,
- most miscreated ,
- most teratoid ,
- un usual ,
- un-usual .
- awe inspiring ,
- aweinspiring ,
- in convenient ,
- in-convenient ,
- inconvenient ,
- more dreaded ,
- most dreaded ,
- un fortunate ,
- un welcome ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-welcome .
Other synonyms:
- Charmless ,
- Minging ,
- chi-chi ,
- hulking ,
- plug-ugly ,
- twee ,
- unflattering ,
- unlovable ,
- unprepossessing ,
- yucky .
- graceless ,
- grisly ,
- gruesome ,
- ill-favored ,
- lurid ,
- severely ,
- sexless ,
- showy ,
- sordid ,
- tasteless ,
- unbecoming .
- heavy .
- macabre .
- grim .
- severe .
- look at .
Other relevant words:
- Black-hearted ,
- Feared ,
- Fiendish ,
- Grewsome ,
- Loathful ,
- Naff ,
- Unhandsome ,
- abusive ,
- accursed ,
- acute ,
- animal ,
- astounding ,
- awe-inspiring ,
- awesome ,
- awful-looking ,
- bad-featured ,
- barbaric ,
- barbarous ,
- base ,
- beast ,
- beastly ,
- bestial ,
- bizarre ,
- blood-curdling ,
- bloodthirsty ,
- brutal ,
- brutish ,
- contemptible ,
- corrupt ,
- criminal ,
- cruel ,
- cursed ,
- debased ,
- degenerate ,
- demonic ,
- depraved ,
- despicable ,
- detestable ,
- detested ,
- devilish ,
- diabolic ,
- diabolical ,
- direful ,
- disgustful ,
- disgusting ,
- dissolute ,
- distasteful ,
- distressing ,
- dread ,
- dreaded ,
- dysphemistic ,
- eerie ,
- egregious ,
- eldritch ,
- exceptionable ,
- execrable ,
- exorbitant ,
- extortionate ,
- fearful ,
- fearsome ,
- fell ,
- felonious ,
- feral ,
- ferocious ,
- flagitious ,
- flagrant ,
- forbidding ,
- formidable ,
- freakish ,
- frightening ,
- fulsome ,
- ghostlike ,
- ghoulish ,
- gorgonian ,
- gory ,
- grave ,
- grievous ,
- grody ,
- gross ,
- harrowing ,
- hateful ,
- hellacious ,
- hellish ,
- horrendous ,
- horrific ,
- horrifying ,
- ill-favoured ,
- impious ,
- inadmissible ,
- incorrigible ,
- indecent ,
- infamous ,
- inferior ,
- infernal ,
- inhuman ,
- iniquitous ,
- intolerable ,
- knavish ,
- lawless ,
- lousy ,
- low ,
- malefic ,
- maleficent ,
- malevolent ,
- malicious ,
- malign ,
- mephitic ,
- merciless ,
- morbid ,
- nasty ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- nightmare ,
- nightmarish ,
- noisome ,
- noxious ,
- obnoxious ,
- obscene ,
- outrageous ,
- painful ,
- pernicious ,
- perverse ,
- perverted ,
- pitiless ,
- plain-featured ,
- plain-looking ,
- rancid ,
- rascally ,
- redoubtable ,
- repellant ,
- repelling ,
- repulsive-looking ,
- rotten ,
- ruthless ,
- satanic ,
- savage ,
- scandalous ,
- scary ,
- scatologic ,
- serious ,
- shameful ,
- shocking ,
- sick ,
- sickening ,
- steep ,
- stinking ,
- stomach-churning ,
- stomach-turning ,
- terrific ,
- terrifying ,
- tragic ,
- tremendous ,
- ubiquitous ,
- ugly as sin ,
- unacceptable ,
- unbearable ,
- unbeautiful ,
- uncanny ,
- uncomely ,
- unconscionable ,
- unpretty ,
- unregenerate ,
- unrepentant ,
- unshapely ,
- unspeakable ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- unthinkable ,
- unutterable ,
- unwanted ,
- unwelcome ,
- unwholesome ,
- upsetting ,
- usurious ,
- vicious ,
- vile ,
- villainous ,
- weird .
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How to use "Hideous" in context?
Hideous. Ouch. That hurts. Definately not pretty. That's a pretty hideous smile. Ew, that's so ugly! He has a pretty hideous face. Yikes, she has a pretty hideous dress on. That's one ugly cat! Oh my goodness, that's a pretty hideous house!
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Equivalence
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Adjective
abhorrent, disgusting, ghastly, gruesome, heinous, horrendous, odious, repugnant, repulsive, vile.
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Independent
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Adjective
astonishing, astounding, beastly, brutal, creepy, dastardly, deplorable, detestable, devastating, dire, disastrous, disgraceful, evil, excruciating, fearsome, formidable, frightening, frightful, god-awful, grim, harrowing, ignominious, impermissible, infamous, invidious, miserable, nasty, nefarious, ominous, reprehensible, shocking, staggering, terrific, tremendous, unspeakable, vicious, wicked, wretched, dorky, bad-looking.
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Other Related
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Adjective
abominable, appalling, atrocious, awful, despicable, dreadful, egregious, grisly, hateful, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, loathsome, monstrous, obnoxious, outrageous, scary, terrible, terrifying, ugly.
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