Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - hideously

1. You use hideously to emphasize that something is very ugly or unattractive. Everything is hideously ugly... = horribly ADV: usu ADV adj/-ed, also ADV after v c darkgreen]emphasis 2. You can use hideously to emphasize that something is very unpleasant or unacceptable. ...a hideously complex program. ADV: ADV adj/-ed c darkgreen]emphasis