hideously

hid·e·ous

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hid-ee-uh s]
- /ˈhɪd i əs/
- /ˈhɪd.i.əs.li/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hid-ee-uh s]
- /ˈhɪd i əs/

Definitions of hideously word

adjective hideously horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster. 1
adjective hideously shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime. 1
adjective hideously distressing; appalling: the hideous expense of moving one's home to another city. 1
noun hideously In a hideous manner. 1
adverb hideously in an extremely bad way 1
adverb hideously in an ugly way 1

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Origin of hideously

First appearance:

before 1275

One of the 13% oldest English words

1275-1325; Middle English hidous < Old French hisdos, equivalent to hisde horror, fright (perhaps < Old High German *egisida, akin to egisôn, agison to frighten) + -os -ous; suffix later assimilated to -eous

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Parts of speech for Hideously

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hideously

hideously popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for hideously

adv hideously

badly — If something is done badly or goes badly, it is not very successful or effective.
brutally — savage; cruel; inhuman: a brutal attack on the village.
cruelly — willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
outrageous — of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
grotesquely — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.

adverb hideously

horribly — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
dreadfully — in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.
shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
gruesomely — In a gruesome manner.
repulsive — causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask.

All 13 Synonyms of hideously