HIDEOUS

hideous. (fr) hideous, fearefull, terrible

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hideous. Hideous, a. horrible, dreadful, frightful, shocking

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Hid″e‐ous (hĭd″ē̍‐ŭs; 277), a. [[OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egidī horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid.]] 1. 1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. “A piteous and hideous spectacle.” Macaulay.
2. 2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. “Hideous cries.” Shak.
3. 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.