1
:offensive to the senses and especially to sight:exceedingly ugly
hideous furniture
The dress lookedhideous on her.
2
:morally offensive:shocking
ahideous crime
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Examples ofhideous in a Sentence
The room was filled withhideous furniture. thehideous way in which she treated her maid after she discovered her ring was missing
Recent Examples on the WebWithin the span of a few days, an innocuous speck can turn a loaf of bread from prime sandwich material into ahideousmass of blue-green fuzz—an appetite-killing sight if ever there was one.—
Caroline Tien,SELF, 1 May 2025The Imperial City Sewers you’re meant to traverse while learning the basics of the game lookhideousand vile.—Jamal Michel,New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025In each of these films, cruelty commingles with tenderness, andhideousacts take place against backdrops of often stunning natural beauty.—Justin Chang,New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025After a season filled with villainous elves, the resurrection of Kandy Muse's iconicallyhideouspockets look, and budding relationships in the Werk Room (and the bedroom), RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 crowned a winner.—EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025See All Example Sentences forhideous
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Caroline Tien,SELF, 1 May 2025The Imperial City Sewers you’re meant to traverse while learning the basics of the game lookhideousand vile.—Jamal Michel,New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025In each of these films, cruelty commingles with tenderness, andhideousacts take place against backdrops of often stunning natural beauty.—Justin Chang,New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025After a season filled with villainous elves, the resurrection of Kandy Muse's iconicallyhideouspockets look, and budding relationships in the Werk Room (and the bedroom), RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 crowned a winner.—EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025See All Example Sentences forhideousWord History
Etymology
alteration of Middle Englishhidous, from Anglo-Frenchhidus, hisdos, from Old Frenchhisde, hide terror
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use ofhideous was in the 14th centuryRhymes forhideous
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“Hideous.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hideous. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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