hideously

  • 1hideously — mid 14c., from HIDEOUS (Cf. hideous) + LY (Cf. ly) (2) …

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  • 2hideously — [[t]hɪ̱diəsli[/t]] 1) ADV: usu ADV adj/ ed, also ADV after v (emphasis) You use hideously to emphasize that something is very ugly or unattractive. Everything is hideously ugly... He has been left hideously disfigured by plastic surgery. 2) ADV… …

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  • 3hideously — adv. Hideously is used with these adjectives: ↑deformed, ↑expensive, ↑ugly Hideously is used with these verbs: ↑disfigure, ↑scar …

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  • 4hideously — hideous ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely ugly. 2) extremely unpleasant. DERIVATIVES hideously adverb hideousness noun. ORIGIN Old French hidos, hideus, from hide fear …

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  • 5hideously — adverb in a hideous manner (Freq. 1) her face was hideously disfigured after the accident • Syn: ↑horridly, ↑monstrously • Derived from adjective: ↑monstrous (for: ↑monstrous …

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  • 6Hideously — Hideous Hid e*ous (h[i^]d [ e]*[u^]s; 277), a. [OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egid[=i] horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid …

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  • 7hideously — adverb see hideous …

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  • 8hideously — See hideosity. * * * …

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  • 9hideously — adverb a) In a hideous manner. b) To an extreme degree …

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  • 10hideously — Synonyms and related words: appallingly, awfully, banefully, direly, dreadfully, forbiddingly, frightfully, ghastly, grimly, gruesomely, horribly, horridly, loathsomely, offensively, repugnantly, repulsively, revoltingly, shockingly, terribly,… …

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