Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: hideously
IPA transcription: [h'ɪdiəsli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hideously, horridly, monstrously
    Meaning: in a hideous manner; "her face was hideously disfigured after the accident"
Usage examples
  • That night was hideously silent.
  • "TOLD him!" And Sheridan laughed hideously.
  • But for the dying wretch expiating his crimes so hideously she felt no pity, he was beyond all sympathy.
  • "Your having so little is a reason for looking for more." With which Isabel was grateful for the dimness of the room; she felt as if her face were hideously insincere.
  • Then he grew very red--then hideously pale--then, as if highly amused with what I had insinuated, he began a loud and boisterous laugh, which, to my astonishment, he kept up, with gradually increasing vigor, for ten minutes or more.