hideous

[ hid-ee-uhs ]
/ ˈhɪd i əs /

adjective

horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime.
distressing; appalling: the hideous expense of moving one's home to another city.

Origin of hideous

1275–1325; Middle English hidous < Old French hisdos, equivalent to hisde horror, fright (perhaps < Old High German *egisida, akin to egisôn, agison to frighten) + -os -ous; suffix later assimilated to -eous

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British Dictionary definitions for hideousness

hideous
/ (ˈhɪdɪəs) /

adjective

extremely ugly; repulsive a hideous person
terrifying and horrific

Derived forms of hideous

hideously, adverb hideousness or hideosity (ˌhɪdɪˈɒsɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for hideous

C13: from Old French hisdos, from hisde fear; of uncertain origin