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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions hideous adjective  Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. A piteous and hideous spectacle." Macaulay. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. Hideous cries." Shak. 1719: w:Daniel Defoe, Daniel Defoe, w:Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe : He started up, growling at first, but finding his leg broken, fell down again; and then got upon three legs, and gave the most roar that ever I heard. Hateful; shocking. Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver." Shak. Syn. -- Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful; terrible. Etymology: hidous, hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, hideux: confer hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; confer (OHG.) egidÄ horror, or hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, hispid.      Full Definition of hideous  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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