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as in ugly
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
the hideous way in which she treated her maid after she discovered her ring was missing
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as in gruesome
extremely disturbing or repellent
a hideous crime that could not be fully described in the newspapers
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as in grotesque
unpleasant to look at
wearing a hideous Halloween mask that made the kids all jump with fright
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In that vein, The Substance felt like just another slasher, body horror movie, where the victims (clueless, not careful enough, hubristic) are partly responsible for their hideous demise.
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Valerie Monroe, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
First, everyone’s faces bloat up into hideous, plastic-surgery-gone-terribly-wrong monstrosities.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Beyond copyright concerns and questions of artistic integrity, generative AI is incredibly resource-intensive, with data centers consuming a hideous amount of power and water.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Feel better yet?) Also absurd and dangerous is the argument that parents — a role that can encompass all manner of love, support, dysfunction and hideous abuse — are intrinsically more valuable than people who are not.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
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Valerie Monroe, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
First, everyone’s faces bloat up into hideous, plastic-surgery-gone-terribly-wrong monstrosities.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Beyond copyright concerns and questions of artistic integrity, generative AI is incredibly resource-intensive, with data centers consuming a hideous amount of power and water.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Feel better yet?) Also absurd and dangerous is the argument that parents — a role that can encompass all manner of love, support, dysfunction and hideous abuse — are intrinsically more valuable than people who are not.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
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Watch on Hulu Queenie Queenie Jenkins (Dionne Brown) is a Jamaican-British twentysomething whose world is thrown into an upheaval following an ugly breakup with her boyfriend.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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The lake replaced an ugly swath of the dry bed of the Salt River that cut through the heart of downtown Tempe and spurred an influx of employment and luxury housing on the coveted waterfront real estate.Jessica Boehm, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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The crowd at American Airlines Center in Dallas grew quiet after Hendricks collapsed to the floor midway through the third quarter, writhing in pain as his right leg jutted out from his body at a gruesome angle.Danielle Jennings, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Although the trial has revealed a wealth of new information surrounding the case, one aspect remains unclear: the motive behind the gruesome crime.Zoe Sottile, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Director Lee Cronin embraces the legacy of the Evil Dead franchise by pushing the boundaries of body horror, showing characters being dismembered, maimed and attacked in grotesque ways.Travis Bean, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Watch as the camera follows him one night, toward a storefront window display larded with grotesque African caricatures.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Trump is disgusting, unhinged and unfit to represent the United States.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Oliver Stone calls John Wick 4 'disgusting beyond belief' Star Keanu Reeves was the film's main selling point, but his box office pull had considerably weakened since his glory days in the 1990s.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Options like Call of Cthulhu and Delta Green allows players to investigate strange mysteries, encounter horrific scenes and wrestle with their own sanity.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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What followed was two months of horrific treatment.Fox News Staff, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.SI.com, SI.com, 1 Feb. 2018
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Why has simply being awake in a comfortable bed become such an awful situation?Korin Miller, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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While the Panthers have been objectively awful nearly every week this season, New Orleans has not been much better since its surprising 2-0 start.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Remove Stains From Fabric If your carpets or upholstered furniture are attacked by something greasy, leaving a horrible, oily stain, shampoo is on standby to help you out.Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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The weather was horrible and the studio had already sunk millions of dollars into the production.Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Hideous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideous. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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