Stupendous vs Hideous - What's the difference?
stupendous | hideous | Related terms |
Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
Of stunning volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous.
Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.
Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.
* 1719 ,
Hateful; shocking.
Stupendous is a related term of hideous.
As adjectives the difference between stupendous and hideous
is that stupendous is astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous while hideous is frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.stupendous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.
- The renovators created a stupendous new look for our house.
Synonyms
* colossal, enormous, huge, marvelous, prodigious, terrific, tremendous * See alsoDerived terms
* stupendously * stupendousnessReferences
* Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.hideous
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. -