'Hideousness' definitions:
Definition of 'hideousness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness
Definition of 'Hideousness'
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]