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hideous
[ hid-ee-uhs ]
/ ˈhɪd i əs /
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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.
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hideous
/ (ˈhɪdɪəs) /
adjective
extremely ugly; repulsivea hideous person
terrifying and horrific
Derived forms of hideous
hideously, adverbhideousness or hideosity (ˌhɪdɪˈɒsɪtɪ), nounWord Origin for hideous
C13: from Old French hisdos, from hisde fear; of uncertain origin
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