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De - Pt| English Dictionary: hideousness | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for hideousness | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hideous \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[c6] 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. [bd]A piteous and hideous spectacle.[b8] --Macaulay. 2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. [bd]Hideous cries.[b8] --Shak. 3. Hateful; shocking. [bd]Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful; terrible. -- {Hid"e*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Hid"e*ous*ness}, n. | |
