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 Definitions of hideous  [ˈhɪd i əs]  

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Definition of 'hideous' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) hideous
horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive.

2.  hideous
shocking or revolting to the moral sense:
a hideous crime.

3.  hideous
distressing; appalling:
hideous expense.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME hidous < OF hisdos=hisde horror, fright (prob. < OHG

Definition of 'hideous' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
"subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

2. (adj) hideous, repulsive
so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
"a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"


Definition of 'hideous' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) hideous
horrible and frightening
the monster's hideous face


Definition of 'hideous' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) hideous
frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks

2. (adj) hideous
distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise

3. (adj) hideous
hateful; shocking


Translation of 'hideous' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: extremely ugly
a hideous vase.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afskuwelik Arabic flag Arabic: رهيب، بَشِع، شائِن، قبيح Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: противен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: horroroso Czech flag Czech: ošklivý German flag German: scheußlich
Danish flag Danish: hæslig Greek flag Greek: αποκρουστικός, απαίσιος Spanish flag Spanish: horrible, horroroso
Estonian flag Estonian: võigas Farsi flag Farsi: زشت Finnish flag Finnish: hirveä
French flag French: hideux Hebrew flag Hebrew: זְווָעָתִי Hindi flag Hindi: डरावना
Croatian flag Croatian: ružan, odvratan Hungarian flag Hungarian: csúnya Indonesian flag Indonesian: buruk
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hræðilegur Italian flag Italian: orrendo Japanese flag Japanese: ぞっとする
Korean flag Korean: 몹시 추한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šlykštus Latvian flag Latvian: derdzīgs; pretīgs
Malay flag Malay: sangat hodoh Dutch flag Dutch: afstotelijk, pijn aan de Norwegian flag Norwegian: gyselig, grufull, avskyel
Polish flag Polish: ohydny Persian flag Persian: زشت Pashto flag Pashto: ويرونكى، بدرنګه، بد ورګي،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: horroroso Romanian flag Romanian: hidos Russian flag Russian: уродливый
Slovak flag Slovak: odporný Slovenian flag Slovenian: ostuden Serbian flag Serbian: užasan
Swedish flag Swedish: anskrämlig, vederstygglig Thai flag Thai: น่ากลัว Turkish flag Turkish: iğrenç
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 醜陋不堪的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: огидний, бридкий Urdu flag Urdu: بہت بدصورت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: gớm guốc Chinese flag Chinese: 丑陋的

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