Eerie vs Hideous - What's the difference?
eerie | hideous |
strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
(Scotland) fearful, timid.
* 1883 , George MacDonald, Donal Grant
Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.
Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.
* 1719 ,
Hateful; shocking.
As adjectives the difference between eerie and hideous
is that eerie is strange, weird, fear-inspiring while hideous is frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.eerie
English
Alternative forms
* eeryAdjective
(er)- The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
- She began to feel eerie .
Synonyms
* See also * creepy, spookyDerived terms
* eerily (adverb) * eeriness (noun) * eerisomehideous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A piteous and hideous spectacle." .
- He started up, growling at first, but finding his leg broken, fell down again; and then got upon three legs, and gave the most hideous roar that ever I heard.
- Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver. -