hideous

(hĭd'ē-əs)
adj.

1. Repulsive, especially to the sight; revoltingly ugly. See synonyms at ugly.
2. Offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable.

[Middle English, variant of hidous, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French hide, hisde, fear, possibly of Germanic origin.]

hideosity hid'e·os'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) n.
hideously hid'e·ous·ly adv.
hideousness hid'e·ous·ness n.

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adjective

1. Extremely displeasing to the eye: ill-favored, ugly, unsightly. Idioms: ugly as sin. See beautiful/ugly.
2. Shockingly repellent: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, horrible, horrid, lurid, macabre. See beautiful/ugly.

adj

Definition: grotesque, horrible
Antonyms: attractive, beautiful, charming, delightful, pleasing

IN BRIEF: Horrible, disgusting or very ugly.

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• Ugly, unattractive, or malformed
• Unappealing, Shabby, Messy, Poor, or Clumsy

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hæslig, frygtelig, gyselig

Nederlands (Dutch)
afschuwelijk, weerzinwekkend, ijselijk

Français (French)
adj. - hideux, affreux, horrible, terrible (une erreur), atroce, abominable, odieux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - scheußlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ειδεχθής, φρικιαστικός, αποκρουστικός, βδελυρός

Italiano (Italian)
orribile, orrendo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - horrível

Русский (Russian)
отвратительный, ужасный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - horrible, horroroso, feísimo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - otäck, vedervärdig, ful

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
丑恶的, 可怕的, 可憎的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 醜惡的, 可怕的, 可憎的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 끔찍한, 가증할, 불쾌한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 見るも恐ろしい, 忌まわしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بشع, شنيع, شائن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נתעב, נורא, זוועתי, מכוער‬

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