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Hideous Meaning & Definition
Hideous Definition And Meaning

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

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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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