hideola

hid·e·ola
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US/hɪdiˈoʊlə/UK/hɪdiˈəʊlə/

adjective

Hideous, ugly.

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Meanings

adjectivehideola (comparative more hideola, superlative most hideola)

comparative more hideola · superlative most hideola

  1. slangHideous, ugly.

    They start wearing hideola designer clothes they think look good just because they cost a lot.

    1995, Charlotte Vale Allen, Somebody's Baby, Mira Books, →ISBN, page 110
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    He's friendly, he can laugh me out of the mean reds, only I don't have them much any more, except sometimes, and even then they're not so hideola that I gulp Seconal or have to haul myself to Tiffany's: […]

    1950, Truman Capote, “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, in Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Other Stories, Vintage International, published 1993, →ISBN, page 83

    I heard on the grapevine he is absolutely hideola — even for a man. You know the type — makes Phil Collins look like Mel Gibson.

    1989, Julie Burchill, Ambition, Bodley Head, →ISBN, page 85

Origin

From hideous + -ola.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hideola

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Cite this entry
APA

hideola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hideola

MLA

“hideola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hideola. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hideola,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hideola.

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