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Hideous vs Nauseous - What's the difference?

hideous | nauseous |

As adjectives the difference between hideous and nauseous

is that hideous is frightful; shocking; extremely ugly while nauseous is causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.

hideous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.
    • A piteous and hideous spectacle." .
  • Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.
  • * 1719 ,
    • 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.
  • Hateful; shocking.
    • 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, terrible

    Derived terms

    * hideosity * hideously * hideousness

    nauseous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:
    • And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
  • Afflicted with nausea; sick.
  • * 2010 , Tom Smith, The Guardian , 4 Sep 2010:
    • Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous .

    Synonyms

    * nauseating - causing disgust rather than nausea

    See also

    * nauseated - afflicted with nausea * queasy