Hideous
Hideous adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.
Usage example: the hideous way in which she treated her maid after she discovered her ring was missing
Obnoxious is a synonym for hideous in loathsome topic. In some cases you can use "Obnoxious" instead an adjective "Hideous", when it comes to topics like disgusting, odious, repugnant, abominable.
Obnoxious
Obnoxious adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.
Usage example: an obnoxious law that was widely flouted and engendered a whole new level of criminal activity
Hideous is a synonym for obnoxious in loathsome topic. Sometimes you can use "Hideous" instead an adjective "Obnoxious", if it concerns topics such as disgusting, odious, repugnant, abominable.
Nearby Word: obnoxiously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- repulsive and hideous
- repulsive and obnoxious
- foul and hideous
- foul and obnoxious
- loathsome and hideous
- loathsome and obnoxious
- offensive and hideous
- offensive and obnoxious
- disgusting and hideous
- disgusting and obnoxious
- repellent and hideous
- repellent and obnoxious
- odious and hideous
- odious and obnoxious
Both words in one sentence
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Hulk Speak: Kilo displaying the "fine, articulate speech you can expect from the average person." The Igor: Far more hideous than a hunchback, Gale is an obnoxious dudebro.
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Ricky Smith, the obese, obnoxious neighbor in Better Off Dead who (with his equally grotesque mother) pursues in hideous fashion the gorgeous French exchange student Monique and with whom the audience is never meant to sympathize.
Source: Abhorrent Admirer
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