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Inhuman vs Hideous - What's the difference?

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Inhuman is a related term of hideous.


As adjectives the difference between inhuman and hideous

is that inhuman is of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings while hideous is frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.

inhuman

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

    • Antonyms

    * humane

    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