Hideous vs Formidable - What's the difference?
hideous | formidable | Related terms |
Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.
Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.
* 1719 ,
Hateful; shocking.
causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment
difficult to defeat or overcome
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 9
, author=John Percy
, title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report
, work=the Telegraph
As adjectives the difference between hideous and formidable
is that hideous is frightful; shocking; extremely ugly while formidable is causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.hideous
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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. -
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "hideous" is often applied: monster, creature, man, face, thing, crime, form, death, aspect, spectacle, picture, roar, sound, manner, way, disease, mistake, shape, dress, fact, act, smile.Synonyms
* frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, horrid, dreadful, terribleDerived terms
* hideosity * hideously * hideousnessformidable
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable .}}
