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hideousness n. 可怕;非常讨厌 可怕;非常讨厌 hideousness n 1: dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsivenessHideous \ 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]
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