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
SYNONYMS FOR hideous
OTHER WORDS FROM hideous
Words nearby hideous
hide-a-bed,
hide-and-seek,
hideaway,
hideaway bed,
hidebound,
hideous,
hideout,
hidey-hole,
hideyoshi,
hideyoshi toyotomi,
hiding
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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), nounWord Origin for hideous
C13: from Old French
hisdos, from
hisde fear; of uncertain origin