Hideous

Adjective

 * 1) Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.
 * A piteous and hideous spectacle." Thomas Babington Macaulay.
 * 1) Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.
 * 2) * 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
 * He started up, growling at first, but finding his leg broken, fell down again; and then got upon three legs, and gave the most hideous roar that ever I heard.
 * 1) Hateful; shocking.
 * Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver. - William Shakespeare

Adverbs for Hideous
outrageously; inordinately; extraordinarily; unbearably; grossly; terribly; indescribably; starkly; grotesquely; immoderately; monstrously; piteously;  cruelly;  shockingly; dreadfully; pathetically; horribly; repulsively; inexpressibly; appallingly.

Synonyms for Hideous
frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, horrid, dreadful, terrible, horrible, fierce, revolting, awful, abominable, abhorrent, disgusting, shitting, terrifying, repellent, forbidding, repulsive, monstrous, nauseating, loathsome, putrid, foul.

Antonyms for Hideous
pleasing, lovely, attractive, handsome, appealing, satisfying, nice, exquisite, fine, alluring, charming, fascinating, captivating, compelling, grand, soothing, assuaging, comforting, agreeable, softening, delightful, enticing, gratifying, lovable, graceful, splendid.

Derived terms

 * hideosity
 * hideously
 * hideousness

Thesaurus
abhorrent, abominable, appalling, astounding, atrocious, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, baneful, beastly, contemptible, damnable, dire, direful, disgusting, dread, dreaded, dreadful, exceptionable, execrable, fell, forbidding, formidable, foul, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, grotesque, gruesome, hateful, heinous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, ill-favored, ill-looking, inadmissible, loathsome, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, odious, offensive, outrageous, redoubtable, repellent, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, schrecklich, shocking, sickening, terrible, terrific, terrifying, tragic, tremendous, ugly, unacceptable, unbeautiful, uncomely, undesirable, unsightly, unspeakable, unwanted, unwelcome, vile

Etymology
From hidous:, from  hidous:, from  hideus:, hydus:, from earlier hisdos:, from hisda:, of uncertain and disputed origin. Probably of origin, from  *undefined:, from  from  from, from. Cognate with egisa:, egidi:,  egesa:,  𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃:.

Alternative etymology cites possbile derivation from hispidosus:, from hispidus:, yet the semantic evolution is more difficult to trace.

Translations

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 * Spanish: horrible, odioso, chocante, atemorizante
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 * Spanish: odioso, chocante