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  • 21hideous — /ˈhɪdiəs / (say hideeuhs) adjective 1. horrible or frightful to the senses; very ugly: a hideous monster. 2. shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime. {Middle English hidous, from Anglo French, from hi(s)de horror, fear; origin… …

  • 22hideous — adj. 1 frightful, repulsive, or revolting, to the senses or the mind (a hideous monster; a hideous pattern). 2 colloq. unpleasant. Derivatives: hideously adv. hideousness n. Etymology: ME hidous f. AF hidous, OF hidos, eus, f. OF hide, hisde fear …

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  • 23hideous — adj. Hideous is used with these nouns: ↑beast, ↑grin, ↑monster …

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  • 24hideous — adjective extremely unpleasant or ugly: a hideous dress hideously adverb hideousness noun (U) …

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  • 25hideous — adjective the scenes were too hideous to watch Syn: ugly, repulsive, repellent, unsightly, revolting, gruesome, grotesque, monstrous, ghastly; informal as ugly as sin; awful, terrible, appalling, dreadful, frightful, horrible, horrendous,… …

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  • 26Hideous (liqueur) — Hideous is a berry and citrus flavored liqueur, produced by Hideous, L.C., a company based in the United States.The liqueur is 70 proof (35% alcohol by volume), is magenta in color, and mildly sweet. The company promotes it to be consumed as a… …

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  • 27Hideous Kinky — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Marrakesch Originaltitel: Hideous Kinky Produktionsland: Großbritannien, Frankreich Erscheinungsjahr: 1998 Länge: 98 Minuten Originalsprache …

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  • 28Hideous Kinky — infobox Book | name = Hideous Kinky title orig = translator = image caption = First paperback edition cover by Penguin Books author = Esther Freud cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Autobiographical, Novel …

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  • 29Hideous Kinky (film) — Infobox Film name = Hideous Kinky caption = Hideous Kinky film poster writer = Esther Freud (novel) Billy MacKinnon (screenplay) starring = Kate Winslet Saïd Taghmaoui Carrie Mullan Bella Riza director = Gillies MacKinnon producer = Ann Scott… …

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  • 30hideous — adjective Etymology: alteration of Middle English hidous, from Anglo French hidus, hisdos, from Old French hisde, hide terror Date: 14th century 1. offensive to the senses and especially to sight ; exceedingly ugly 2. morally offensive ; shocking …

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