Hideous
Hideous adjective - Unpleasant to look at.
Usage example: wearing a hideous Halloween mask that made the kids all jump with fright
Lovely
Lovely adjective - Very pleasing to look at.
Usage example: a lovely painting of young girls in their summer dresses
Both words in one sentence
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On The Muppet Show when Vincent Price guess starred, there was a skit in which Fozzie and Gonzo stop at a castle and are greeted by Price, who lives there with his lovely assistant and a hideous beast.
Source: Actually, That's My Assistant -
Blind Green Lantern Rot Lop Fan, who himself looks a bit like a cave salamander, was kind enough to sympathize to fellow Green Lantern Katma Tui on how hideous she felt to him, despite her lovely voice.
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The painting Ulysses and the Sirens by Herbert James Draper, which shows a dramatic depiction of that event, portrays the Sirens as lovely temptresses, rather than the hideous bird-women they are in mythology.
Source: Adaptational Attractiveness
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