HIDEOUSLY

hideously, horridly, monstrously

(adverb) in a hideous manner; “her face was hideously disfigured after the accident”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

hideously (comparative more hideously, superlative most hideously)

In a hideous manner.

(degree) To an extreme degree

Source: Wiktionary


HIDEOUS

Hid"e*ous, a. Etym: [OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egidi 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.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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