A piteous and hideous spectacle." .
He started up, growling at first, but finding his leg broken, fell down again; and then got upon three legs, and gave the most hideous roar that ever I heard.
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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[=i] horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid.] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hideous — may refer to:* Ugliness * Hideous (liqueur) * Hideous Records, a British record label established by the band Reuben … Wikipedia
hideous — c.1300, terrifying, horrible, dreadful, from Anglo Fr. hidous, O.Fr. hideus, earlier hisdos hideous, horrible, awful, frightening (11c.; Mod.Fr. hideux), from hisda horror, fear, perhaps of Germanic origin; or else from V.L. *hispidosus, from L.… … Etymology dictionary
hideous — index loathsome, odious, offensive (offending), repulsive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hideous — *ugly, ill favored, unsightly Analogous words: revolting, repulsive, *offensive, loathsome: repellent, obnoxious, abhorrent, distasteful (see REPUGNANT): homely, *plain Antonyms: fair Contrasted words: *beautiful, lovely, comely, pretty,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
hideous — [adj] grotesque, horrible abominable, animal, appalling, awful, beast, bestial, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, hateful, horrendous, horrid, loathsome, macabre, monstrous, morbid, nasty,… … New thesaurus
hideous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely ugly. 2) extremely unpleasant. DERIVATIVES hideously adverb hideousness noun. ORIGIN Old French hidos, hideus, from hide fear … English terms dictionary
hideous — [hid′ē əs] adj. [ME hidous < Anglo Fr < OFr hidos < hide, hisde, fright] horrible to see, hear, etc.; very ugly or revolting; dreadful hideously adv. hideousness n … English World dictionary
Hideous — Una botella de Hideous. Hideous es un licor con sabor cítrico y de frutas rojas fabricado por Hideous, L.C., una compañía estadounidense. Tiene 70º (35% de alcohol por volumen), color magenta y un sabor suave y dulce. La compañía lo promociona… … Wikipedia Español
hideous — [[t]hɪ̱diəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you say that someone or something is hideous, you mean that they are very ugly or unattractive. She saw a hideous face at the window and screamed. ...hideous new Europe architecture, and horrible metal sculptures … English dictionary
Hideous! — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hideous. Hideous! est un film américain réalisé par Charles Band, sorti en 1997. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique … Wikipédia en Français
