Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a hideous, extremely ugly, or shocking manner: Describes an action done in a way that is horrifyingly unpleasant to look at or consider, often causing fear, disgust, or great distress.
   • To a monstrous or dreadful degree: Indicates an extreme, often appalling, quality or state.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Her face was hideously disfigured after the accident. (It was disfigured in a shocking and horrifying way.)
  • The villain in the story was hideously deformed. (He was deformed to a monstrous degree.)
  • The plan went hideously wrong, resulting in a major disaster. (It went wrong in a dreadful and appalling manner.)

Advanced Usage

• Used for emphasis beyond physical appearance: Can describe actions, events, or abstract concepts that are morally repugnant or profoundly wrong.
  • The dictator was hideously cruel to his political opponents. (His cruelty was of a shocking and appalling nature.)
  • The company's attempt to cover up the scandal was hideously transparent. (It was transparent in a blatantly bad and offensive way.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hideous (adjective): Extremely ugly or horrifying.
  • a hideous monster
• Hideousness (noun): The quality of being hideous.
  • the sheer hideousness of the crime

Synonyms

• Horribly: In a terrible or dreadful manner.
• Monstrously: In a freakishly ugly or evil way.
• Ghastly: In a frightening or terrible way.
• Grisly: In a gruesome and repellent manner.

Antonyms

• Beautifully: In a beautiful manner.
• Pleasantly: In a pleasant or agreeable way.
• Attractively: In an attractive manner.

Related Phrases and Collocations

• Hideously expensive: Extremely and shockingly costly.
  • The repairs turned out to be hideously expensive.
• Hideously complex: Dreadfully and unnecessarily complicated.
  • The tax code is hideously complex.
• Hideously funny: So bizarre or awful that it becomes strangely amusing (often ironic).
  • The situation was so absurd it was hideously funny.

Adverb

1. in a hideous manner
   • her face was hideously disfigured after the accident