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hideous adjective [ ˈhɪdɪəs ]

• extremely ugly.
• "hideous lizard-like creatures"
Similar: ugly, unsightly, repulsive, repellent, revolting, gruesome, disgusting, grotesque, monstrous, grim, ghastly, macabre, misshapen, misproportioned, reptilian, weird, freaky, as ugly as sin, fugly, like the back end of a bus, huckery,
Opposite: beautiful,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French hidos, hideus, from hide, hisde ‘fear’, of unknown origin.


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