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hideous

[hid-ee-uhs] / ˈhɪd i əs /


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Besides, D.C. could even offer the DNC a solution to what is otherwise sure to be a process full of hideous legal and political dilemmas.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

No Triple Crown, no hope of winning the Six Nations title, no end to their hideous run of defeats against Ireland - now standing at 12 and with no discernible sign of it stopping there.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

She imagined herself forced to wrestle a huge and hideous Egyptian in the arena.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

When we meet Yee’s shifting character, he first resembles a hideous beast reminiscent of F.W.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

And I myself preferred not to see him in strong sunshine, for his pale, membranic skin was no barrier to the light, which pierced deep into the flesh and illumined it to a hideous translucency.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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