Fashion Faux Pas Terminology

adjective extremely unpleasant, ugly, or shocking in appearance

• The hideous statue was deemed inappropriate for public display.
• That dress is absolutely hideous, why would you wear it?
• His new car is so hideous, it's like a clown car.
• The hideous truth about the situation finally came to light.

adjective having a dull or old-fashioned quality; uninteresting or unexciting

• The traditional recipe was deemed too stodgy for the modern palate.
• I don't like the stodgy way they always do things around here.
• That restaurant serves up some seriously stodgy food.
• His stodgy attitude towards change is holding back progress in the company.