hideousness

hideousness
The state of being hideous; extreme ugliness

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  • hideousness — late 14c., from HIDEOUS (Cf. hideous) + NESS (Cf. ness) …   Etymology dictionary

  • hideousness — hideous ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely ugly. 2) extremely unpleasant. DERIVATIVES hideously adverb hideousness noun. ORIGIN Old French hidos, hideus, from hide fear …   English terms dictionary

  • Hideousness — Hideous Hid e*ous (h[i^]d [ e]*[u^]s; 277), a. [OE. hidous, OF. hidous, hidos, hidus, hisdos, hisdous, F. hideux: cf. OF. hide, hisde, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. egid[=i] horror, or L. hispidosus, for hispidus rough, bristly, E. hispid …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hideousness — noun see hideous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hideousness — See hideosity. * * * …   Universalium

  • hideousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being ugly: ugliness, unsightliness. See BEAUTIFUL …   English dictionary for students

  • hideousness — hid·e·ous·ness || hɪdɪəsnɪs n. frightfulness, awfulness; repulsiveness, exceptional ugliness; quality of being shocking or appalling …   English contemporary dictionary

  • hideousness — hid·eous·ness …   English syllables

  • hideousness — noun dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑hideous • Hypernyms: ↑ugliness …   Useful english dictionary

  • Blinded By Faith — Alias BBF Pays d’origine  Québec Genre(s) Black Metal Années actives Depuis 1996 …   Wikipédia en Français

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