Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Repulsive, especially to the sight; revoltingly ugly. See Synonyms at ugly.
- adj. Offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Frightful in appearance, sound, or character; very dreadful; horrible; detestable; revolting: as, a hideous monster; a hideous uproar; hideous debauchery.
- Synonyms Grim, Grisly, etc. (see ghastly); horrid, terrible, appalling.
Wiktionary
- adj. Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.
- adj. Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.
- adj. Hateful; shocking.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold.
- adj. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay.
- adj. Hateful; shocking.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
- adj. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
Etymologies
- Middle English, variant of hidous, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French hide, hisde, fear, possibly of Germanic origin.
Examples
“Pretty much all of this has what you describe as hideous consequences.”
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
“Interesting" is what you call the hideous dress one's wife asks you to critique.”
“Even more hideous is the declared involvement in these proceedings at Guantánamo of qualified medical practitioners.”
“To me, Free Dress Days were forceful reminders of why I was grateful to spend 99% of my school time in hideous polyester ensembles of polo shirts and Dockers.”
“Sometimes this can go as far as that character based on you being tortured or killed in hideous ways.”
“And I couldn't go around announcing "I'm in hideous pain, feels like a giant bird has its claws in my neck," so I had to pretend I felt just like everyone else at parties and meetings.”
“The grape vine is climbing up the berry tree and the blackberry is having a pissing contest with something hideous from the neighbour's side of the fence about who has the biggest brambles.”
“Their faces and bodies were tattooed or scarred in hideous designs.”
“When an industry acts in hideous ways toward people, then we do need government to intervene.”
“In its grimmest aspects, misogyny manifests itself in hideous violence — from brutal beatings and rape to outright torture and murder.”
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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luminous, radiant, malicious, zeal, ojalá, voluptuary, rubbish, purlicue, consarnit, upstart, precis, robinsonade and 66 more...
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ghastly, grisly, culeus, silly, gruesome, horrid, morbid, angelic, shocking, hideous, ghoulish, frightful and 85 more...
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