Read full poem →Their life a general mist of error,
Their death a hideous storm of terror.
Strew your hair with powders sweet,
Dictionary Entry
Extremely or shockingly ugly.
In a Sentence
“A piteous and hideous spectacle.”
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Origin
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Common Phrases
. hideousmonster hideousface hideous
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Poetry examples for “hideous”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →One! Two! Three! In the chaos of space
Rolls the earth to the hideous glee
Of death! And so cramped is this place,
Read full poem →They forced him to a seat, and held him there,
Despite his anger, while the hideous joke
Was tossed from hand to hand. Franz poured with care
Read full poem →A fleet of worlds, of other worlds in quest;
An hideous shoal of wood-leviathans,
Armed with three tier of brazen hurricanes,
Read full poem →"A Fleet of Worlds, of other Worlds in quest;
"An hideous shole of wood Leviathans,
"Arm'd with three Tire of brazen Hurricans;
Read full poem →He sees that devastation has been there:
Then, while each hideous image to his mind
Rises terrific, o'er a bleeding corse
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Read full poem →He looked with loathing in her eyes:
Hideous void of twilight skies;
Evening skies with bats therein.
Read full poem →A cold clear April evening . . . snow, bedraggled,
Rain-worn snow, dappling the hideous grass . . .
And someone walking alone; and someone saying
Read full poem →So she must tell him soon--or else--get out . . .
How could she say it? That was the hideous thing.
She'd rather die than say it! . . . and all the trouble,