hideous
[adjective]
Synonyms: ugly, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, gruesome, monstrous, repulsive, revolting, unsightly

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Antonyms: lovely

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English Thesaurus: ugly, unattractive, unsightly, hideous, repulsive, ...

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hid‧e‧ous /ˈhɪdiəs/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: hidous, from hide 'terror']
extremely unpleasant or ugly:
a hideous dress
hideous crimes
Dinnertime that day was hideous.
—hideously adverb:
Her face was hideously scarred.
—hideousness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ugly very unpleasant to look at - used about people, objects, and buildings:
She thinks she's ugly but she's not.
an ugly block of flats
cheap ugly furniture
unattractive not pleasant to look at. Unattractive sounds more formal and less strong than ugly:
an unattractive modern town which was built during the 1960s
Women found him unattractive.
unsightly formal not pleasant to look at, and spoiling the appearance of something:
Unsightly red spots started to appear on her face.
The windows have been blocked off with unsightly metal bars.
hideous extremely ugly:
His hideous face twisted into a smile.
a hideous concrete shopping centre
a hideous monster
repulsive extremely ugly, especially in a way that makes you want to look away:
His appearance was so repulsive he had to wear a mask.
grotesque extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way:
A grotesque figure appeared out of the darkness.
an eyesore (also a blot on the landscape) noun [singular] something that is so ugly that it spoils the appearance of an area:
Local residents regard the new office building as an eyesore.
I think wind turbines are a blot on the landscape - why can't people just use less electricity?

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