hideous
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The outfit was hideous, sticking out like a sore thumb amid everyone else’s muted festive wear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
In nearly every speech where he mentions Paxton, Trump has to talk about how hideous the guy is and how poorly he supposedly dresses.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Such austerity only whetted my childhood fondness for concoctions that now make me wince: grape soda, root beer, orange Fanta, even a hideous insipid confection known as cream soda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Even more striking than the population growth of unicorns has been their swelling sizes, which has set off a portmantavalanche of hideous new classifications.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
A bunch of other equally hideous garments were laid out on Isa’s bed.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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