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hideousness - definition and meaning
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noun
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noun hideous ; extreme ugliness
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This Clintonian hideousness is far more Bush in 2000 than Gore. kwesi
Clinton supporters to swarm DC over Florida and Michigan 2008
And not until its hideousness is made apparent to the world at large by women's dictum, will men cease to drink both in public and private.
A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding Sophia Orne 1873
And as for Beyonce, I just thought it was plain hideousness .
The Best and Worst of the 2009 Academy Awards 2009
And as for Beyonce, I just thought it was plain hideousness .
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
As to the Nonconformists, their contributions are probably not desired: otherwise, accustomed to not very courteous treatment though they are, it would still be imprudent to warn them that their own "hideousness " was to be carved in the same marble with the beauty of Lord Falkland.
Lectures and Essays Goldwin Smith 1866
Give the Free Churches time, and let us see whether they have not something better to give us in return than "hideousness " and "immense ennui."
Lectures and Essays Goldwin Smith 1866
Longrider's words in order to paint a picture of the kind of hideousness that Lovelock is contemplating.
The Devil's Kitchen Devil's Kitchen 2010
It is an anomalous aspect of the Easter miracle that in our troubled era it has generated works of art of scarcely conceivable hideousness (above) — mostly concocted as “faith aids,” and generally missing all but the crudest aspects of the pertinent Gospel narratives.
Easter Sunday 2009
It is an anomalous aspect of the Easter miracle that in our troubled era it has generated works of art of scarcely conceivable hideousness (above) — mostly concocted as “faith aids,” and generally missing all but the crudest aspects of the pertinent Gospel narratives.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
And making fun of an audience member's outfit is more likely to make me squirm than laugh, even though I know the audience member was totally unfazed and the whole joke depends on the utter, over-the-top, spangled, eye-aching hideousness of Dame Edna's own costumes.
All About Me deliasherman 2010
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