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hideous

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hid·e·ous  (hd-s)
adj.
1. Repulsive, especially to the sight; revoltingly ugly. See Synonyms at ugly.
2. Offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable.

[Middle English, variant of hidous, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French hide, hisde, fear, possibly of Germanic origin.]

hide·osi·ty (-s-t) n.
hide·ous·ly adv.
hide·ous·ness n.

hideous [ˈhɪdɪəs]
adj
1. extremely ugly; repulsive a hideous person
2. terrifying and horrific
[from Old French hisdos, from hisde fear; of uncertain origin]
hideously  adv
hideousness , hideosity [ˌhɪdɪˈɒsɪtɪ] n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hideous - grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
2.hideous - so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"
ugly - displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"

hideous
adjective
2. terrifying, shocking, terrible, awful, appalling, disgusting, horrible, dreadful, horrific, obscene, sickening, horrendous, macabre, horrid, odious, loathsome, abominable, detestable, godawful (slang) His family was subjected to a hideous attack.
Translations
hideous [ˈhɪdɪəs] ADJ (gen) → espantoso, horroroso; (= repugnant) → repugnante, asqueroso
a hideous mistakeun error terrible

hideous [ˈhɪdiəs] adj
(= ugly) → hideux/euse, atroce
(= dreadful) → horrible

hideous
adj
(= very ugly)grauenhaft, scheußlich; colourscheußlich, schrecklich
(= appalling) embarrassment, disappointment, expense, pricefürchterlich

hideous [ˈhɪdɪəs] adj (sight, person) → orribile, orrendo/a; (crime) → atroce
hideous [ˈhɪdɪəs] adj (sight, person) → orribile, orrendo/a; (crime) → atroce

hideous
adj hideous [ˈhidiəs]
extremely ugly a hideous vase. afskuwelik رهيب، بَشِع، شائِن، قبيح противен ošklivý hæslig scheußlich αποκρουστικός, απαίσιος horrible, horroroso võigas زشت hirveä hideux זְווָעָתִי डरावना ružan, odvratan csúnya buruk hræðilegur orrendo ぞっとする 몹시 추한 šlykštus derdzīgs; pretīgs sangat hodoh afstotelijk, pijn aan de ogen veroorzakend gyselig, grufull, avskyelig, heslig ohydny horroroso hidos уродливый odporný ostuden užasan anskrämlig, vederstygglig น่ากลัว iğrenç 醜陋不堪的 огидний, бридкий بہت بدصورت gớm guốc 陋的
adv hideously
afskuwelik بصورة بشِعَه противно škaredě hæsligt scheußlich απαίσια, φριχτά horriblemente, horrorosamente võikalt به زشتی hirvittävästi hideusement בְּאוֹפֶן מָבעִית विकरालता से odvratno,ružno csúnyán secara buruk hræðilega orrendamente ぞっとするように 무시무시하게 šlykščiai derdzīgi; pretīgi dgn cara yg menjelikkan pijn aan de ogen doend grufullt, motbydelig ohydnie horrorosamente urât уродливо odporne ostudno užasno anskrämligt, vederstyggligt อย่างน่ากลัว iğrenç bir şekilde 醜陋地,可怕地 бридко ناگوار طریقے سے gớm ghiếc; đáng tởm ,
n hideousness
afskuwelikheid بَشاعَه противност šerednost hæslighed die Scheußlichkeit φρίκη, αποτροπιασμός horribilidad, horrendidad võikus زشتی hirvittävyys hideur זְווָעָתִיוּת विकरालतापूर्वक rugoba, grozota ocsmányság keburukan ljótleiki bruttezza, orrore 醜悪さ 추악함 šlykštumas derdzīgums; pretīgums kejelikan afstotelijkheid motbydelighet ohyda feiura hidoşenie, urâţenie уродливость odpornosť ostudnost užas anskrämlighet, vederstygglighet ความน่ากลัว iğrençlik 醜陋 огидність ناگواری vẻ gớm guốc

hideous بَشِعْ ohyzdný hæslig scheußlich ειδεχθής espantoso kammottava hideux ogavan orribile ぞっとする 몹시 추한 afschuwelijk fæl ohydny horrível отвратительный anskrämlig อัปลักษณ์ itici gớm ghiếc 丑恶的


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To face that savage mountain of onrushing ferocity, to stand unshaken before the hideous fangs that he knew were bared in slavering blood-thirstiness, though he could not see them, required nerves of steel; but of such were the nerves of Carthoris of Helium.
IT was a sight that some people remembered better even than their own sorrows--the sight in that grey clear morning, when the fatal cart with the two young women in it was descried by the waiting watching multitude, cleaving its way towards the hideous symbol of a deliberately inflicted sudden death.
With an angry lash of her tail she bared her yellow fangs, curling her great lips in a hideous snarl that wrinkled her bristling snout in serried ridges and closed her wicked eyes to two narrow slits of rage and hatred.
 
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