Hideous and Vicious

Hideous

Hideous adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

Vicious and hideous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vicious" instead an adjective "Hideous".

Nearby Words: hide, hideously

Vicious

Vicious adjective - Extreme in degree, power, or effect.

Hideous and vicious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hideous" instead an adjective "Vicious".

Nearby Word: viciously

Both words in one sentence

  • All Trolls Are Different Trolls in The Spiderwick Chronicles are massive, vicious, hideous swamp-dwelling monsters.
  • Back when Rayman: Raving Rabbids was going to be a platformer, the Rabbids were going to be hideous, vicious, and downright horrible creatures, instead of the insane but humorous critters they are today.
  • Series / The Goodies They appear on Tim's cruel talent show New Faeces (a parody of the similarly cruel actual talent show New Facesnote  Judge "Tony Bitch" is a parody of the equally vicious New Faces judge Tony Hatch) and perform a hideous song called "The World Is Full Of Women and Men".
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