A hideous monster used to live there.
Source: tatoeba (28320)
Hideous
//ˈhɪd.i.əs//
Synonyms for "hideous" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Adjective(13 words)
Related words (60)
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Synonyms
12 entriesderived
5 entriesdistinct from
3 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
97 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- противен adj (extremely ugly)
Catalan
2 entries- horrible adj (extremely ugly)
- horripilant adj (extremely ugly)
Dutch
3 entries- afgrijselijk adj (hateful; shocking)
- afzichtelijk adj (extremely ugly)
- akelig adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
Esperanto
1 entries- hida adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
Finnish
4 entries- hirveä adj (extremely ugly)
- hirveä adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
- hirveä adj (hateful; shocking)
- hirvittävä adj (extremely ugly)
French
4 entries- atroce adj (hateful; shocking)
- hideux adj (extremely ugly)
- répugnant adj (hateful; shocking)
- strident adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
German
3 entries- abscheulich adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
- abscheulich adj (hateful; shocking)
- scheußlich adj (extremely ugly)
Greek
3 entries- απαίσιος adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
- απαίσιος adj (hateful; shocking)
- κακάσχημος adj (extremely ugly)
Hungarian
4 entries- förtelmes adj (extremely ugly)
- szörnyű adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
- undok adj (hateful; shocking)
- utálatos adj (hateful; shocking)
Icelandic
1 entries- hræðilegur adj (extremely ugly)
Irish
2 entries- fuafar adj (hateful; shocking)
- in anchruth adj (extremely ugly)
Italian
4 entries- detestabile adj (hateful; shocking)
- odioso adj (hateful; shocking)
- orrendo adj (extremely ugly)
- orribile adj (extremely ugly)
Latin
1 entries- taeter adj (hateful; shocking)
Macedonian
4 entries- о́двратен adj (extremely ugly)
- о́двратен adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
- о́двратен adj (hateful; shocking)
- стра́шен adj (extremely ugly)
Māori
1 entries- weriweri adj (extremely ugly)
Norwegian
4 entries- fæl adj (extremely ugly)
- stygg adj (extremely ugly)
- stygg adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
- uhyrlig adj (hateful; shocking)
Old French
1 entries- hideus adj (extremely ugly)
Polish
2 entries- obrzydliwy adj (extremely ugly)
- ohydny adj (extremely ugly)
Portuguese
4 entries- estridente adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
- hediondo adj (hateful; shocking)
- horrendo adj (extremely ugly)
- horrendo adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
Russian
4 entries- безобра́зный adj (extremely ugly)
- отврати́тельный adj (extremely ugly)
- отврати́тельный adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
- отврати́тельный adj (hateful; shocking)
Spanish
4 entries- atemorizante adj (extremely ugly)
- chocante adj (extremely ugly)
- chocante adj (hateful; shocking)
- discordante adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
Swedish
3 entries- anskrämlig adj (extremely ugly)
- avskyvärd adj (hateful; shocking)
- gräslig adj (extremely ugly)
Turkish
4 entries- cırtlak adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
- dehşetengiz adj (hateful; shocking)
- gudubet adj (extremely ugly)
- çirkin adj (extremely ugly)
West-Frisian
4 entries- ferskrikkelik adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
- ferskriklik adj (hateful; shocking)
- ôfgryslik adj (distressing or offensive to the ear)
- ûnsjoch adj (extremely ugly)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Some things get more hideous, when you clean them.
Source: tatoeba (818586)
The police haven't yet caught the person who committed this hideous crime.
Source: tatoeba (954361)
Tom had a hideous hangover.
Source: tatoeba (1025609)
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