Adorable
Adorable adjective - Having qualities that tend to make one loved.
Usage example: an adorable little cottage
Hideous
Hideous adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.
Both words in one sentence
- Made funnier considering they are just about the most hideous, most blindingly adorable animals you will ever see.
- The Mogwai in Gremlins, except the original Gizmo; fluffy and adorable, they are cruel tricksters who eventually turn into hideous (yet still somewhat cute) monsters which go on a deadly rampage.
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