hid·eous /ˈhɪdiəs/
(a.)醜惡的,可憎的,可怕的
Hid·e·ous a.
1. Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. “A piteous and hideous spectacle.”
2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise. “Hideous cries.”
3. Hateful; shocking. “Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver.”
Syn: -- Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful; terrible.
-- Hid*e*ous*ly, adv. -- Hid*e*ous*ness, n.
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hideous
adj 1: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror;
"subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern
of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining
industry" [syn: horrid, horrific, outrageous]
2: so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a
repulsive mask" [syn: repulsive]