Hid"e*ous [OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egidi horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid.] 1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. "A piteous and hideous spectacle."
Macaulay.
2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. "Hideous cries."
Shak.
3. Hateful; shocking. "Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver."
Shak.
Syn. -- Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful; terrible.
-- Hid"e*ous*ly, adv. -- Hid"e*ous*ness, n.
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