hideous

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈhɪd.iː.ʌs/
• (America) IPA: /ˈhɪd.i.əs/

Adjective

hideous

1. Extremely or shockingly ugly.
   • Thomas Babington Macaulay.

   A piteous and hideous spectacle.

2. Having a very unpleasant or frightening sound
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, 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 hideous roar that ever I heard.

3. Hateful; shocking.
   • William Shakespeare

     Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver.

4. Morally offensive; shocking; detestable.

Synonyms

• frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, horrid, dreadful, terrible

Translations

• French: hideux
• German: scheußlich
• Italian: orribile, orrendo
• Portuguese: horrendo, medonho
• Russian: стра́шный
• Spanish: horrible, odioso, chocante, atemorizante, horrendo, espantoso

Translations

• French: strident
• German: abscheulich
• Portuguese: horrendo, medonho, estridente
• Russian: стра́шный
• Spanish: discordante, ruidoso, estridente

Translations

• French: atroce, répugnant
• German: abscheulich
• Italian: odioso, detestabile
• Portuguese: horrendo, hediondo
• Russian: стра́шный
• Spanish: odioso, chocante

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