'Hideous' definitions:
Definition of 'hideous'
From: WordNet
adjective
Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry" [syn: hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous]
adjective
So extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask" [syn: hideous, repulsive]
Definition of 'Hideous'
From: GCIDE
- Hideous \Hid"e*ous\ (h[i^]d"[-e]*[u^]s; 277), a. [OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egid[imac] 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. "A piteous and hideous spectacle." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. "Hideous cries." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hateful; shocking. "Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver." --Shak.
- Syn: Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful; terrible. -- {Hid"e*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Hid"e*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hideous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrent,
- abominable,
- appalling,
- astounding,
- atrocious,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awful,
- baneful,
- beastly,
- contemptible,
- damnable,
- dire,
- direful,
- disgusting,
- dread,
- dreaded,
- dreadful,
- exceptionable,
- execrable,
- fell,
- forbidding,
- formidable,
- foul,
- frightful,
- ghastly,
- ghoulish,
- grim,
- grisly,
- grotesque,
- gruesome,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- horrendous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- ill-favored,
- ill-looking,
- inadmissible,
- loathsome,
- lurid,
- macabre,
- monstrous,
- morbid,
- nasty,
- nauseating,
- nauseous,
- odious,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- redoubtable,
- repellent,
- repelling,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- rotten,
- schrecklich,
- shocking,
- sickening,
- terrible,
- terrific,
- terrifying,
- tragic,
- tremendous,
- ugly,
- unacceptable,
- unbeautiful,
- uncomely,
- undesirable,
- unsightly,
- unspeakable,
- unwanted,
- unwelcome,
- vile