Thesaurus: hideous

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1. a. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks.
2. a. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise.
3. a. Hateful; shocking.
4. adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
5. adj. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
6. 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.
7. j:100 s. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror s. so extremely ugly as to be terrifying