hideous
gb/hˈɪdiəs/ us/hˈɪdiəs/
B1
Inglese
~ 4300
ocsmány, ronda, szörnyű, borzalmas
B1
1
Schema d'uso:
[something] is hideous
The wallpaper in the old house was absolutely hideous.
A régi házban a tapéta egyszerűen ocsmány volt.
She wore a hideous green sweater to the party.
Egy ocsmány zöld pulóvert vett fel a buliba.
That statue is so hideous that it scares children.
The hotel room had hideous brown curtains from the 1970s.
Esempi per chi studia
That shirt is hideous.
Az az ing ocsmány.
The shoes are hideous.
A cipők ocsmányak.
He has a hideous hat.
This picture is hideous.
Errore comune:
Learners sometimes use 'hideous' for very minor unattractiveness; it usually implies extreme ugliness.
Significato
Extremely ugly or unattractive
Collocazioni
hideous face
|hideous dress
|hideous building
|hideous scar
Sinonimi
ugly (Less strong and less emotionally charged than 'hideous'.)
|
unsightly (More formal and less intense than 'hideous'.)
Contrari
beautiful (Direct opposite in terms of visual attractiveness.)
|
attractive (Opposite in general appeal or pleasantness of appearance.)
Temi
appearance
|emotions
|description
|core_vocabulary
Definizione
Very, very ugly to look at.
Extremely unpleasant to look at because of being very ugly or unattractive.
B2
2
Schema d'uso:
[something] is hideous
The war was full of hideous acts against civilians.
A háború tele volt civilek elleni szörnyű tettekkel.
He made a hideous mistake that cost the company millions.
Szörnyű hibát követett el, ami milliókba került a cégnek.
It was a hideous crime that shocked the nation.
She told me the hideous news about the accident.
Esempi per chi studia
That was a hideous crime.
Ez szörnyű bűncselekmény volt.
I heard a hideous story.
Borzalmas történetet hallottam.
He made a hideous mistake.
The accident was hideous.
Errore comune:
Learners may confuse 'hideous' with 'huge' due to similar sound; meanings are unrelated.
Significato
Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or morally offensive
Collocazioni
hideous crime
|hideous accident
|hideous mistake
|hideous injustice
Sinonimi
horrible (Common and less formal; can be used for a wider range of bad things.)
|
atrocious (More formal and often used for serious moral wrongs.)
Contrari
wonderful (Opposite in terms of being enjoyable or pleasing.)
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admirable (Opposite in terms of being morally good or praiseworthy.)
Temi
emotions
|morality
|core_vocabulary
Definizione
Very bad or shocking in a way that upsets people.
Extremely unpleasant to experience, hear about, or think about, often because it is shocking, horrifying, or morally offensive.
Grammatica
Forma base
hideous
IPA
GB/hˈɪdiəs/
US/hˈɪdiəs/
Sillabe e accento
hideous (1 sillaba)
Stress on 1st syllable (hideous)
Forme flesse
Adjective
- Base: hideous
Famiglia di parole
Core family
hideously
adverb
Related words
hideousness
noun
Espressioni
as ugly as sin
1/ˈæz ˈʌɡli ˈæz sˈɪn/
idiom
informal
Very unattractive in appearance
Very, very ugly.
Esempi
- That old couch is as ugly as sin.
- The new statue in the park is as ugly as sin.
a fate worse than death
1/ə fˈeɪt wˈɚs ðən dˈɛθ/
idiom
literary
extremely bad imagined situation
A very bad situation that someone feels would be even worse than dying.
Esempi
- For him, living without music would be a fate worse than death.
- For some prisoners, life in total isolation is a fate worse than death.
- She thought working for her ex-boss again would be a fate worse than death.
- He joked that going back to that job would be a fate worse than death.
- To her, losing her independence would be a fate worse than death.
a fate worse than death
2/ə fˈeɪt wˈɚs ðən dˈɛθ/
idiom
Something imagined to be worse than dying
A situation so bad that someone thinks dying would be better.
Esempi
- For him, losing his freedom was a fate worse than death.
- She said working there would be a fate worse than death.