Sentence examples for downright hideous from inspiring English sources

But where is the pleasure in increasingly having to put up with hardcovers that are drab, unremarkable and sometimes downright hideous?

The prospect of hearing about highly eccentric -- and sometimes downright hideous -- royal behavior may well keep readers spelunking through the dank and treacherous prose of Katharine MacDonogh's "Reigning Cats and Dogs," billed as "A History of Pets at Court Since the Renaissance".

In an economy that places heavy emphasis on branding and a positive web presence, these billionaires have done just fine with downright hideous websites.

But "root canal" sounds downright hideous (and painful), doesn't it?

It's downright outrageous.

My only quibble is the monster himself; for a character regularly described as hideous, he's awfully handsome, and often downright hunky.

The known and unknown Jim Crow laws that are still on the books, and the reluctance, refusal, and downright resistance of state legislators and many voters to dump them are more than a hideous reminder of America's shameful racial past.

Absolutely hideous.

Downright Stengelian.

Downright unAmerican?

Simply hideous.