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noun
The state of being hideous; extreme ugliness
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ugliness
History
From Middle English hidousnes, hidousnesse, hidowesnesse, hydousnes, hydousnesse, hydusnes; equivalent to hideous + -ness.
Across languages
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