Definition for HID'E-OUS

HID'E-OUS, a. [Fr. hideux; Norm. hidous, from hide, fright, dread.]

  1. Frightful to the sight; dreadful; shocking to the eye; applied to deformity; as, a hideous monster; a hideous spectacle; hideous looks. Shak. Dryden.
  2. Shocking to the ear; exciting terror; as, a hideous noise. Woodward.
  3. Detestable. Spenser.

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