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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This look is topped with a swirling pompadour, one of the production’s many hideous wigs.
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Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Hard to believe that was 20 years ago, as of yesterday — or that we weren't injured by the metal springs practically protruding out of that hideous yellow sofa.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Her son wonders if the Woman might be dead and using the shroud to hide her hideous disfigurement.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
The Wild played a hideous third period, and the Blues got two more goals from Kyrou.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Hard to believe that was 20 years ago, as of yesterday — or that we weren't injured by the metal springs practically protruding out of that hideous yellow sofa.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Her son wonders if the Woman might be dead and using the shroud to hide her hideous disfigurement.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
The Wild played a hideous third period, and the Blues got two more goals from Kyrou.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 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 1 Apr. 2025.
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