Associations to the word «Hideous»

Wiktionary

HIDEOUS, adjective. Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.
HIDEOUS, adjective. Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.
HIDEOUS, adjective. Hateful; shocking.

Dictionary definition

HIDEOUS, adjective. Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry".
HIDEOUS, adjective. So extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne