Meanings
comparative more hideously · superlative most hideously
- In a hideous manner.
- 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 Post1 more example
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
- Middle Englishhidously
- Englishhideously
From Middle English hidously; equivalent to hideous + -ly.
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Esperanto hide
- hidein a hideous manner
Cite this entry
hideously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hideously
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