About The Word Hideous
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Hideous
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What's The Definition Of Hideous?
[adj] so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"
[adj] grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hideous: horrid | horrific | offensive | outrageous | repulsive | ugly Related Terms | Find terms related to Hideous: abhorrent | abominable | appalling | astounding | atrocious | awe-inspiring | awesome | awful | baneful | beastly | contemptible | damnable | dire | direful | disgusting | dread | dreaded | dreadful | exceptionable | execrable | fell | forbidding | formidable | foul | frightful | ghastly | ghoulish | grim | grisly | grotesque | gruesome | hateful | heinous | horrendous | horrible | horrid | horrific | horrifying | ill-favored | ill-looking | inadmissible | loathsome | lurid | macabre | monstrous | morbid | nasty | nauseating | nauseous | odious | offensive | outrageous | redoubtable | repellent | repelling | repugnant | repulsive | revolting | rotten | schrecklich | shocking | sickening | terrible | terrific | terrifying | tragic | tremendous | ugly | unacceptable | unbeautiful | uncomely | undesirable | unsightly | unspeakable | unwanted | unwelcome | vile See Also | Hideous In Webster's Dictionary \Hid"e*ous\ (?; 277), a. [OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos,
hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde,
fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egid[=i] horror, or L.
hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid.]
1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to
behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. ``A piteous
and hideous spectacle.'' --Macaulay.
2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or
dismay; as, a hideous noise. ``Hideous cries.'' --Shak.
3. Hateful; shocking. ``Sure, you have some hideous matter to
deliver.'' --Shak.
Syn: Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful;
terrible. -- {Hid"e*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Hid"e*ous*ness},
n.
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