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Synonyms for hideous

23 synonyms
18 antonyms
1 meaning

adjective

Most common

ugly ghastly horrid dreadful

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Ugly — hateful; shocking

ugly, ghastly, horrid, dreadful, horrible, terrible, monstrous, grisly, grim, appalling, frightful, grotesque, horrific, revolting, gruesome, abhorrent, shocking, outrageous, rotten, dire, offensive, repellent

Other

Antonyms

beautiful, plain, simple

All antonyms of hideous →

Definitions

adj. 1
Hateful; shocking.

Related words

Word family: hideously hideousness

Example sentences

ugly Between you and me, the fat ugly man is on a diet.
dreadful Something dreadful has happened to Miss Davidson.
horrid The ivy is good because it obscures those horrid cables.
ghastly The idea of some ghastly presence constantly haunted him.
repulsive I find crumpets totally repulsive and disgusting.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
hideous		rising
ugly		rising
dreadful		rising
horrid		rising
ghastly		rising
repulsive		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: ugly², grim¹, dire¹
6 letters: rotten², horrid², grisly²
7 letters: ghastly²
8 letters: terrible³, horrible³, shocking², horrific³, dreadful², gruesome²
9 letters: offensive³, appalling³, monstrous², grotesque², repulsive³, revolting³, abhorrent³, repellent³, frightful²
10 letters: outrageous³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ugly² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: hideux
Español: abominable
Català: horrible