Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: horrid, horrific, offensive, outrageous, repulsive, ugly

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