hideously

H4I1D2E1O1U1S1L1Y4
/ˈhɪd.i.əs.li/

adverb

In a hideous manner.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

adverbhideously (comparative more hideously, superlative most hideously)

comparative more hideously · superlative most hideously

  1. In a hideous manner.
  2. degreeTo an extreme degree.

    Pack a larger-than-normal hypochondria kit that includes sunscreen, plastic bandages and allergy pills. Such things are hard to find or hideously expensive.

    1994 February 20, Anne Groer, “Sunday Travel: Tips”, in The Washington Post
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    Speaking now as a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn, my story, wild and hideously improbable as it may appear, demands at least attention.

    1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 9

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a hideous manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishhidously
  2. Englishhideously

From Middle English hidously; equivalent to hideous + -ly.

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Translations

Esperanto hide
  • hidein a hideous manner
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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