hideous

• These excrescences--if we may so call them--lend to the visage of the creature an aspect positively hideous, which is rendered still more ugly and fierce-looking by a pair of formidable tusks curving upward from each jaw. —  Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys
• The face was hideous, and in its hand was carried a plate upon which were placed human hearts as sacrifices. —  Discoverers and Explorers
• His aspect is hideous, and he has one big burning eye-ball in the middle of his forehead. —  Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846
• He would become dreadful, hideous, and uncouth As he thought of it, a sharp pang of pain struck through him like a knife, and made each delicate fibre of his nature quiver. —  The Picture of Dorian Gray
• The aspect of the man was very hideous, and it was by no means improved when, having recovered from his surprise at unexpectedly encountering strangers, he opened his mouth to the full extent and uttered a savage yell The cry was answered immediately. —  Martin Rattler

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