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hideousness|ˈhɪdɪəsnɪs|
[as prec. + -ness.]
1. objectively. The quality of being hideous: dreadfulness; horrible repulsiveness. (See the adj.)
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 9487 Þe hydusnes Of payne and sorrow þat in helle es. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 378 Warnyngis of hydousnes & perille of þis synne. 1530Palsgr. 231/1 Hydiousnesse, hideuseté. 1599Shakes. Much Ado v. i. 96 Fashion-monging boyes, That..Goe antiquely, and show outward hidiousnesse. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 10 He that hath wounded this lion at the heart, shall never fear the..hideousness of his roaring. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 114 That natural wonder at Castleton, which is from its hideousness named the Devil's Arse. 1885Law Times LXXIX. 132/2 Unsavory scandals..exhibited in all their native hideousness.
†2. subjectively. Horror, terror, dread. Obs.
1388Wyclif Gen. xv. 12 Whanne the sunne was gon doun, drede felde on Abram, and a greet hidousenesse [1382 grisynes] and derk asaylide him. ― Job iv. 15 The heiris of my fleisch hadden hidousnesse. ― Ezek. xxxii. 10 The kyngis..shulen drede with greet hidousnesse on thee [1382 with ful myche orrour shulen be agast vpon thee]. |