Horrifying
Horrifying adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: received horrifying death threats from the townspeople because he had accused the popular football coach of sexual misconduct
Hideous is a synonym for horrifying. In some cases you can use "Hideous" instead an adjective "Horrifying".
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
Horrifying is a synonym for hideous in participle topic. You can use "Horrifying" instead an adjective "Hideous", if it concerns topics such as horrific.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- repulsive and horrifying
- repulsive and hideous
- disgusting and horrifying
- disgusting and hideous
- monstrous and horrifying
- monstrous and hideous
- abominable and horrifying
- abominable and hideous
- ugly and horrifying
- ugly and hideous
- terrible and horrifying
- terrible and hideous
- atrocious and horrifying
- atrocious and hideous
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