Adjective

hideous (comparative more hideous, superlative most hideous)

Positive hideous

Comparative more hideous

Superlative most hideous

  1. Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.
    A piteous and hideous spectacle." Thomas Babington Macaulay.
  2. Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.
    • 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.
  3. Hateful; shocking.
    Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver. - Shakespeare

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Wed Jul 21 01:28:41 2010

Film Review: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men - Film Journal
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Film Review: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is one hell of a date movie. A surgical examination of the male psyche based on David Foster Wallace's book and written ...

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men dir. John Krasinski (trailer) PopMatters

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men Chicago Reader

John Krasinski Time Out New York



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The Goggles Do Nothing - Deadspin (blog)
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The Goggles Do Nothing

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By Barry Petchesky , 6:30 PM on Sun Sep 27 2009, 18013 views The spirit of Arena Football lives on in the Seahawks' hideous alternate jerseys today. ...
NFL Week Three: Lions, Bears and Vick - oh my! - OCRegister
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NFL Week Three: Lions, Bears and Vick - oh my!

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The Chicago Bears went into Seattle and played a team wearing hideous lime-green uniforms who apparently were the Seahawks. The Bears lost another middle ...



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