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Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
Ludovico Ariosto

Meaning of "hideous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HIDEOUS

From Old French hisdos, from hisde fear; of uncertain origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HIDEOUS

hideous  [ˈhɪdɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIDEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hideous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIDEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hideous in the English dictionary

The definition of hideous in the dictionary is extremely ugly; repulsive. Other definition of hideous is terrifying and horrific.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIDEOUS


aphidious
əˈfɪdɪəs
calycoideous
ˌkælɪˈkɔɪdɪəs
chlamydeous
kləˈmɪdɪəs
deltoideus
delˈtɔɪdɪəs
fastidious
fæˈstɪdɪəs
florideous
flɒˈrɪdɪəs
homochlamydeous
ˌhəʊməkləˈmɪdɪəs
hyperfastidious
ˌhaɪpəfæˈstɪdɪəs
hypospadias
ˌhaɪpəˈspeɪdɪəs
insidious
ɪnˈsɪdɪəs
interradius
ˌɪntəˈreɪdɪəs
invidious
ɪnˈvɪdɪəs
jaspideous
dʒæsˈpɪdɪəs
orchideous
ɔːˈkɪdɪəs
overfastidious
ˌəʊvəfæˈstɪdɪəs
palladious
pəˈleɪdɪəs
perfidious
pəˈfɪdɪəs
perradius
pəˈreɪdɪəs
radius
ˈreɪdɪəs
rhomboideus
rɒmˈbɔɪdɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIDEOUS

hiddenness
hidder
hide
hide one´s light under a bushel
hide-and-go-seek
hide-and-seek
hideaway
hidebound
hideless
hideosity
hideously
hideousness
hideout
hider
hidey-hole
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
hiding
hiding place
hidling
hidlings

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIDEOUS

achlamydeous
advantageous
aqueous
courageous
courteous
dichlamydeous
erroneous
gaseous
gorgeous
heterogeneous
homogeneous
instantaneous
lapideous
miscellaneous
monochlamydeous
outrageous
righteous
simultaneous
spontaneous
subcutaneous

Synonyms and antonyms of hideous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HIDEOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hideous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hideous

Translation of «hideous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIDEOUS

Find out the translation of hideous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hideous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hideous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

丑恶的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espantoso
570 millions of speakers

English

hideous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घृणित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بَشِع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отвратительный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

horrível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসহ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hideux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengerikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scheußlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ぞっとする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

몹시 추한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Angel banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gớm ghiếc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அருவருப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भयानक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iğrenç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orribile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ohydny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

огидний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oribil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ειδεχθής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afskuwelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

anskrämlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fæl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hideous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIDEOUS»

The term «hideous» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.371 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIDEOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hideous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hideous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hideous

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10 QUOTES WITH «HIDEOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hideous.
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Colin Angle
We will not have humanoid androids. It's interesting: when you start trying to make robots look more human, you end up making them look more grotesque. It takes very little to go from super-attractive robot to hideous robot.
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Ludovico Ariosto
Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
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Matthew Arnold
Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show.
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Amiri Baraka
There is other disturbing facts surround the hideous 911 attacks, which my family and I could see from the third floor bathroom window of our homes!
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William S. Burroughs
Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet almost without exception, the wretched idiot inhabitants of our benighted planet would gulp down this radioactive excrement if it were offered.
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Ada Cambridge
Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise the rebel spirit surging in my veins, let the Law deal me penalties and pains And make me hideous in my neighbours' eyes.
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John Cheever
What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power.
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Julian Clary
The bullying was hideous and relentless, and we turned it round by making ourselves celebrities.
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Tabatha Coffey
I turned 40 on the set of the reunion show for 'Sheer Genius,' so it wasn't a hideous birthday because I had everyone on the cast and crew sing 'Happy Birthday' to me, and I won $10,000 for being the fan favorite. It was really liberating to turn 40 and realize that I felt very comfortable with myself and knew who I was.
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Nina Conti
Acting is seductive. It looks so much fun. I did dally with other things. I did pupillage in a law firm, but I didn't like the look of how many files the lawyer I was working with had to take home every night. It looked like a hideous amount of work, when actors were having nice lunches and discussing books.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIDEOUS»

Discover the use of hideous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hideous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother's grave in Boston and reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to live with her father, a famous movie star who divorced her mother before Ruby was born.
Sonya Sones, 2013
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Hideous Gnosis: Black Metal Theory Symposium 1
" Erik Butler, "The Counter-Reformation in Stone and Metal: Spiritual Substances." Scott Wilson, "BAsileus philosoPHOrum METaloricum." Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, "Transcendental Black Metal." Nicola Masciandaro, "Anti-Cosmosis: Black Mahapralaya.
Nicola Masciandaro, 2010
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That Hideous Strength
Dr. Ransom enters the increasingly pressing conflict between science and ethics and embarks on a mysterious journey
C.S. Lewis, 1996
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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Thought-provoking and playful, this collection confirms David Foster Wallace as one of the most imaginative young writers around.
David Foster Wallace, 2012
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Hideous Kinky
For Mum it is not just an escape from the grinding conventions of English life but a quest for personal fulfilment; her children, however, seek something more solid and stable amidst the shifting desert sands. ‘Just open the book and ...
Esther Freud, 2001
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Hideous Progeny: Disability, Eugenics, and Classic Horror Cinema
Most critics have interpreted such traits as symptoms of sexual repression, or as metaphors for other kinds of marginalized identities, but Angela M. Smith conducts a richer investigation into the period's social and cultural preoccupations ...
Angela M. Smith, 2013
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A Hideous Beauty: Kingdom Wars I
This isn't the world you think it is.
Jack Cavanaugh, 2012
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Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottle
This text is a biography of the green fairy; from its place in the lives of writers and artists who were inspired - and ruined - by it, to its more recent rediscovery by Ernest Hemingway and today's would-be sophisticates.
Jad Adams, 2004
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Make the Night Hideous: Four English-Canadian Charivaris, ...
Make the Night Hideous explores mysterious transformation of the charivari using four detailed case studies from different time periods and locations across English Canada, as well as first-person accounts of more recent charivari ...
Pauline Greenhill, 2010
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A Hideous Bit of Morbidity: An Anthology of Horror Criticism ...
"This collection provides insight into the way classic horror texts were received, interpreted and discussed by the first generations to experience them, ideas that continue to define the way modern society views horror.
Jason Colavito, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIDEOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hideous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hide Your Cat's Hideous Butthole With A Sparkly, Beautiful Jewel …
If you are #blessed enough to live with a cat, you are likely more familiar with its asshole than you are with your own. Your cat's asshole is ... «The Frisky, Jul 15»
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'Ugly' handbag changing hands for charity - BBC News
The yellow accessory was donated to a church in Worcestershire, but thought too "hideous" to be a raffle prize. Instead fundraiser Gill Edmonds ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Announcing Our Matching Fund Donation to Chelsea Manning's …
But despite remarkable resilience and inner strength, her circumstances are hideous, indescribably difficult and profoundly unjust. What we're ... «The Intercept - First Look Media, Jul 15»
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The Do's And Don'ts of Wearing Mandals | Observer
I don't like casual open-toe sandals bordering on flip-flops. Those types are simply hideous, tacky, annoying, and silly. I own quite a number of ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
5
Every Hideous Thing That Police Unions Have Said About Eric …
Every Hideous Thing That Police Unions Have Said About Eric Garner. Including: “The fact that he states eleven times that he can't breathe ... «CityLab, Jul 15»
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Pundit Wars: Is Mother Canada truly hideous or are we suffering …
It should come as no shock that the National Post's Comment section is home to the occasional bunfight on the issues of the day. From early ... «National Post, Jul 15»
7
Mayoral hopeful Zac Goldsmith slams 'hideous' Swiss Cottage tower …
“This proposal is for a building that is oversized, completely out of keeping, and visually hideous. It would be astonishing if the community ... «Ham&High, Jul 15»
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For 'defeated' Greece, a hideous pact and the death of democracy …
A “defeated” Alexis Tsipras is preparing to sell a harsh reality to the Greek people. As our European bureau chief Eric Reguly reports, Greece ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
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Ancient MONSTER graveyard unearthed: Celts created hideous...
Ancient MONSTER graveyard unearthed: Celts created hideous beasts using dead animal parts as offerings to the gods. Remains discovered ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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The hideous powers lenders have over borrowers
Carrying personal debt for things that are nice to have, but not essential, can mean giving hideous powers to corporations which don't love you, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

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