hideous
gb/hˈɪdiəs/ us/hˈɪdiəs/
B1
Ingles
~ 4300
ocsmány, ronda, szörnyű, borzalmas
B1
1
Padron ng paggamit:
[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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
That shirt is hideous.
Az az ing ocsmány.
The shoes are hideous.
A cipők ocsmányak.
He has a hideous hat.
This picture is hideous.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes use 'hideous' for very minor unattractiveness; it usually implies extreme ugliness.
Kahulugan
Extremely ugly or unattractive
Mga kolokasyon
hideous face
|hideous dress
|hideous building
|hideous scar
Mga kasingkahulugan
ugly (Less strong and less emotionally charged than 'hideous'.)
|
unsightly (More formal and less intense than 'hideous'.)
Mga kasalungat
beautiful (Direct opposite in terms of visual attractiveness.)
|
attractive (Opposite in general appeal or pleasantness of appearance.)
Mga tema
appearance
|emotions
|description
|core_vocabulary
Depinisyon
Very, very ugly to look at.
Extremely unpleasant to look at because of being very ugly or unattractive.
B2
2
Padron ng paggamit:
[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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
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.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners may confuse 'hideous' with 'huge' due to similar sound; meanings are unrelated.
Kahulugan
Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or morally offensive
Mga kolokasyon
hideous crime
|hideous accident
|hideous mistake
|hideous injustice
Mga kasingkahulugan
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.)
Mga kasalungat
wonderful (Opposite in terms of being enjoyable or pleasing.)
|
admirable (Opposite in terms of being morally good or praiseworthy.)
Mga tema
emotions
|morality
|core_vocabulary
Depinisyon
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.
Gramatika
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
hideous
IPA
GB/hˈɪdiəs/
US/hˈɪdiəs/
Mga pantig at diin
hideous (1 pantig)
Stress on 1st syllable (hideous)
Mga anyo ng salita
Adjective
- Base: hideous
Mga kaugnay na salita
Core family
hideously
adverb
Related words
hideousness
noun
Mga ekspresyon
as ugly as sin
1/ˈæz ˈʌɡli ˈæz sˈɪn/
idiom
informal
Very unattractive in appearance
Very, very ugly.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa
- For him, losing his freedom was a fate worse than death.
- She said working there would be a fate worse than death.