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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#m1)

2) (informal) Extremely, in a bad way, as in «hideously expensive» or «hideously embarrassing». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x1)
- The old house had been hideously painted orange and purple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x2)
- The trainers were hideously expensive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x3)
- It was hideously early when the alarm rang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x4)
- The Duchess was hideously ugly in the old pictures of Alice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x5)
- The weasels laughed hideously at Toad's misfortune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x6)
- Her wicked brother stopped over her, and laughed hideously, as fiends only can laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x7)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.