Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - hideous
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Hideous
hideous
1. If you say that someone or something is hideous, you mean that they are very ugly or unattractive. She saw a hideous face at the window and screamed. = monstrous, horrible ADJ 2. You can describe an event, experience, or action as hideous when you mean that it is very unpleasant, painful, or difficult to bear. His family was subjected to a hideous attack by the gang... = horrendous ADJ
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adjective Etymology: alteration of Middle English hidous, from Anglo-French hidus, hisdos, from Old French hisde, hide terror Date: 14th century 1. offensive to the senses and especially to sight ; exceedingly ugly 2. morally offensive ; shocking • hideosity noun • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 frightful, repulsive, or revolting, to the senses or the mind (a hideous monster; a hideous pattern). 2 colloq. unpleasant. Derivatives hideously adv. hideousness n. Etymology: ME hidous f. AF hidous, OF hidos, -eus, f. OF hide, hisde fear, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. отвратительный, страшный, ужасный; отталкивающий hideous grimace —- отвратительная гримаса hideous crime —- ужасное преступление hideous building —- уродливое здание 2. эмоц-усил. ужасный hideous noise (uproar) —- страшный шум ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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