— hideously , adv. — hideousness, hideosity /hid'ee os"i tee/ , n.
/hid"ee euhs/ , adj.
1. horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
2. shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime.
3. distressing; appalling: the hideous expense of moving one's home to another city.
[ 1275-1325; ME hidous hisdos, equiv. to hisde horror, fright (perh. egisida, akin to egisôn, agison to frighten) + -os -OUS; suffix later assimilated to -EOUS ]
Syn. 1, 2. grisly, grim; repellent, detestable, odious, monstrous, dreadful, appalling, ghastly.
Ant. 1. attractive, pleasing.