hideously expensive

Frequency: 7.513.5 per million words

used to describe something as being unacceptably or shockingly expensive.

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Examples (10)

  • The housing prices in this city have become hideously expensive.
  • I saw a designer handbag that was hideously expensive, costing more than my car.
  • A last-minute flight to Paris during the holidays can be hideously expensive.
  • We went to a restaurant where the tasting menu was hideously expensive.
  • Renovating the entire house would be hideously expensive, so we're doing it room by room.
  • Why is organic food so hideously expensive compared to conventional produce?
  • The latest flagship smartphone is packed with features but is also hideously expensive.
  • That piece of modern art was hideously expensive, selling for millions at auction.
  • I can't believe how hideously expensive everything is getting these days.
  • Maintaining such a vintage car is a hideously expensive undertaking.