hideous
Use Hideous in a sentence
i adjective
1.
horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
2.
shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime.
3.
distressing; appalling: the hideous expense of moving one's home to another city.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
hid·e·ous·ly, adverb
un·hid·e·ous, adjective
un·hid·e·ous·ly, adverb
un·hid·e·ous·ness, noun
Synonyms
1, 2. grisly, grim; repellent, detestable, odious, monstrous, dreadful, appalling, ghastly.
1, 2. grisly, grim; repellent, detestable, odious, monstrous, dreadful, appalling, ghastly.
Antonyms
1. attractive, pleasing.
1. attractive, pleasing.
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hideous (ˈhɪdɪəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | extremely ugly; repulsive: a hideous person |
| 2. | terrifying and horrific |
| [C13: from Old French hisdos, from hisde fear; of uncertain origin] | |
| 'hideously | |
| —adv | |
| 'hideousness | |
| —n | |
| hideosity | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
hideous
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. hidous, from O.Fr. hideus, earlier hisdos (11c.), from hisda "horror, fear," perhaps of Gmc. origin.
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Example sentences
Masks, often grotesque and even hideous, were worn by the healer in order to frighten away the spirit causing the disease or pain.
She is incensed that people get horrible illnesses and die hideous, random deaths.
Hydrogen is a wasteful, hideous and environmentally destructive source of energy.
When we'd almost finished, something hideous happened.
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