1
: offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
hideous furniture
The dress looked hideous on her.
2
: morally offensive : shocking
a hideous crime
Examples of hideous in a Sentence
The room was filled with hideous furniture.
the hideous way in which she treated her maid after she discovered her ring was missing
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Here, see the real-life The Twits cast side-by-side with their hilariously hideous animated counterparts.
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Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
The Jets did precious little against the hideous Dallas defense and, on the other side of the ball, allowed scoring drives of 90 and 91 yards.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
One of the most hideous of the victim/perps is Jennifer McCabe.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
At the same time, such a transition as implied by the current crisis necessitates and implies a coming organizational shift in society, but that could either result in a hideous fascism or in something genuinely utopian.
—Ed Simon
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
The Jets did precious little against the hideous Dallas defense and, on the other side of the ball, allowed scoring drives of 90 and 91 yards.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
One of the most hideous of the victim/perps is Jennifer McCabe.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
At the same time, such a transition as implied by the current crisis necessitates and implies a coming organizational shift in society, but that could either result in a hideous fascism or in something genuinely utopian.
—Ed Simon
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hideous
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“Hideous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hideous. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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