hideous
adjective /ˈhɪd.i.əs/Definition
› extremely ugly or bad: They've just built some hideous new apartment blocks on the seafront. She wears the most hideous colour combinations you could ever imagine.Not attractive to look atSerious and unpleasant hideousness /-nəs/ noun [U] Not attractive to look atSerious and unpleasant
(Definition of hideous adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a blot on the landscape idiom
- be no oil painting idiom
- be not much to look at idiom
- blowsy adjective
- charmless adjective
- florid adjective (DECORATED)
- gaunt adjective
- ghoulish adjective
- horsey adjective
- inelegant adjective
- look a fright idiom
- minger noun
- monstrosity noun
- mutton dressed as lamb idiom
- putrid adjective (UNPLEASANT)
- ugly adjective (NOT ATTRACTIVE)
- unappealing adjective
- unattractive adjective
- unbecoming adjective
- unflattering adjective
Topic:
Not attractive to look at
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