adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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There they had little hope of meeting, wooing or wedding even the most hideous and unsuitable Englishwomen.
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To me it is a most hideous brute.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a hideous crime
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a man with a hideous twisted lip
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Emma was wearing an absolutely hideous purple and orange dress.
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In fairy stories the Prince is always very handsome, and the witch hideous .
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One of our wedding presents was a hideous clock.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each of the damned souls was guarded by a group of hideous demons.
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Everyone knows that hideous accidents happen, however precise modern weapons are supposed to be.
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Exactly how hideous had it been?
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He became vast and covered me, covered my face, his hideous throat working.
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One goes like this: He was a hideous giant named Offero, who earned a living carrying travelers across the river.
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Roosevelt saw first-hand the hideous results of free enterprise untouched by government regulation.
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Seconds later, the night was made hideous by the shrieks of alarm from the man-apes in the cave above.