hideous
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They stumbled on a hideous flesh wall, and encountered fearsome government scientist Dr Kay, played by Terminator star Linda Hamilton.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025
She imagined herself forced to wrestle a huge and hideous Egyptian in the arena.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Overnight my finger had become more hideous than Antony Ralston's backpass against Switzerland at last year's Euros.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
That two of them involve hideous versions of childbirth isn’t accidental.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025
He couldn’t believe that Spurge had recently imagined him that way, hideous and growling.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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