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# hideously

adverb

«hideously» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a very ugly, horrible or frightening way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#m1)
2. (informal) Extremely, in a bad way, as in «hideously expensive» or «hideously embarrassing». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in scary and funny stories: «grinned hideously», «hideously ugly». In everyday talk, «hideously» strengthens a complaint: «hideously expensive», «hideously early». It tells the reader something is very unpleasant.

### Examples

- The monster grinned hideously in the dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x1)
- The old house had been hideously painted orange and purple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x2)
- The trainers were hideously expensive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x3)
- It was hideously early when the alarm rang. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x4)
- The Duchess was hideously ugly in the old pictures of Alice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x5)
- The weasels laughed hideously at Toad's misfortune. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x6)
- Her wicked brother stopped over her, and laughed hideously, as fiends only can laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/#x7)

### Note

Adverb from «hideous» (very ugly or horrible). Pronounced HID-ee-us-lee. Not connected with «hide» (to keep out of sight) in meaning.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hideously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hideously/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hideously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hideously.html) on Mova free.