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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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[imac]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or
        dismay; as, a hideous noise. "Hideous cries." --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hideousness
       n : extreme ugliness

















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