hideous
part of speech
adjective (hideous, more hideous, most hideous)
meaning for a pupil
1) Hideous means extremely ugly or horrible to look at. tree →
2) Hideous also means very unpleasant or shocking, like a hideous crime or a hideous noise. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories hideous describes monsters, trolls and nasty faces, helping the reader picture something frightening. In everyday talk, children may joke that a jumper or wallpaper is hideous, which is an exaggeration. Be kind: calling a person hideous is very hurtful. Phrases: a hideous monster, hideous noise.
examples
- The troll had a hideous face covered in warts. tree →
- Aunt Jo knitted me a hideous orange jumper. tree →
- The machine made a hideous screech. tree →
- The witch let out a hideous laugh. tree →
- That was a hideous crime. tree →
- I think the new car colour is hideous, but Dad loves it. tree →
- ‘Who is that hideous old witch?’ said the king. tree →
note
Say «HID-ee-us». Stronger than ugly. The adverb is «hideously». It is not related to «hide», although it looks similar.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hideous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.