hideously

«hideously» in Mova's school dictionary: In a very ugly, horrible or frightening way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) In a very ugly, horrible or frightening way. tree →

2) (informal) Extremely, in a bad way, as in «hideously expensive» or «hideously embarrassing». tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in scary and funny stories: «grinned hideously», «hideously ugly». In everyday talk, «hideously» strengthens a complaint: «hideously expensive», «hideously early». It tells the reader something is very unpleasant.

examples

• The monster grinned hideously in the dark. tree →
• The old house had been hideously painted orange and purple. tree →
• The trainers were hideously expensive. tree →
• It was hideously early when the alarm rang. tree →
• The Duchess was hideously ugly in the old pictures of Alice. tree →
• The weasels laughed hideously at Toad's misfortune. tree →
• Her wicked brother stopped over her, and laughed hideously, as fiends only can laugh. tree →

note

Adverb from «hideous» (very ugly or horrible). Pronounced HID-ee-us-lee. Not connected with «hide» (to keep out of sight) in meaning.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hideously» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.