hideous

adjective
🔊/ˈhɪdiəs/
🔊/ˈhɪdiəs/
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  1. very ugly or unpleasant十分丑陋的;令人厌恶的 synonym revolting
    • a hideous face/building/dress丑陋的面孔/建筑物/衣服
    • Their new colour scheme is hideous!他们新的颜色搭配难看极了!🔊🔊
    • a hideous crime骇人听闻的罪行
    • The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。🔊🔊
    • When they refused to let me leave my hotel, I thought, at first, it was all some hideous mistake.当他们拒绝让我离开我的旅馆时,我以为,起初,这都是一些可怕的错误。
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    • a fairly hideous shade of pink相当难看的粉红色
    • She was wearing a hideous yellow dress.她穿着一件丑陋的黄色连衣裙。
    • a hideous concrete church一个可怕的混凝土教堂
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHideous is used with these nouns:
    • beast
    • grin
    • monster
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French hidos, hideus, from hide, hisde ‘fear’, of unknown origin.