hideously expensive
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used to describe something as being unacceptably or shockingly expensive.
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- 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.