as in messes
something unpleasant to look at
residents of the historic district have protested that a fast-food joint would be a hideosity and totally out of character with the rest of the neighborhood
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Noun
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The Angry Mama Microwave Steam Cleaner is thoughtfully designed to effortlessly remove stubborn messes without scrubbing or scraping for hours on end.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2026 -
By addressing each of these messes individually, refreshing your home should become much less intimidating, Davis says.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Glossing other people’s words brought a sense of security but wouldn’t help children confront life’s horrors.—
Tim Parks,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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One of them is a squirmy, intensely relatable dark comedy about the escalating horrors of planning a wedding.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Whizzing by the moon up to 6,000 miles above the surface, the astronauts will also glimpse the celestial body's full disk, seeing sights that not even the Apollo astronauts witnessed.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Other common sights here include Coulter’s lupine and small patches of California poppies.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Hideosities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideosities. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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