hideousness

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noun

The state of being hideous; extreme ugliness.

OriginMiddle English hidousnes →
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Meanings

nounhideousness (countable and uncountable, plural hideousnesses)

plural hideousnesses

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being hideous; extreme ugliness.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishhidousnes
  2. Englishhideousness

From Middle English hidousnes, hidousnesse, hidowesnesse, hydousnes, hydousnesse, hydusnes; equivalent to hideous + -ness.

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Translations

Esperanto hideco
  • hidecobeing hideous
German Abscheulichkeit
  • Abscheulichkeitbeing hideous
Italian schifezza
  • schifezzabeing hideous
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APA

hideousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hideousness

MLA

“hideousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hideousness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hideousness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hideousness.

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