Adjective
- 1. hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous, offensive (vs. inoffensive)
- usage: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
- 2. hideous, repulsive, ugly (vs. beautiful)
- usage: so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"
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