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Definition of Hideous
1. Adjective. Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror. "Horrific conditions in the mining industry"
Similar to: Offensive
Derivative terms: Horridness, Outrage, Outrageousness
2. Adjective. So extremely ugly as to be terrifying. "A repulsive mask"
Definition of Hideous
1. a. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks.
Definition of Hideous
1. Adjective. Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly. ¹
2. Adjective. Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible. ¹
3. Adjective. Hateful; shocking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hideous
1. very ugly [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hideous
Literary usage of Hideous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Sam": Or The History of Mystery by Charles Wilkins Webber (1855)
"So the drunken Nero burns a city, the huge oblation to his fiddle, which happened
to be just then his supreme fantasy—his God! And it is such hideous and ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Up Urgan starts, that hideous dwarf, Before Lord Richard stands, 320 And, as he
crossed and blessed himself, ' I fear not sign,' quoth the grisly elf, ..."
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