hideous
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,929 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,604 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror also: horrid, horrific, outrageous subjected to outrageous crueltya hideous pattern of injustice
- so extremely ugly as to be terrifying also: repulsive a hideous scara repulsive mask
hideous in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He would become dreadful, hideous, and uncouth.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 2
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Let these hideous two weeks sink into the abyss of oblivion!
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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The hideous suddenness and inhuman frightfulness of the old man's shriek almost made me faint.
The Shadow over Innsmouth · H.P. Lovecraft · Chapter 2
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They trembled with terror when they saw the hideous creature, and hid themselves beneath the leaves.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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A glance at the trees, too, showed Bouchier that they had been considerably lightened of their hideous spoil.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 2