c. 1300, "terrifying, horrible, dreadful," from Anglo-French hidous, Old French hideus, earlier hisdos "hideous, horrible, awful, frightening" (11c.; Modern French hideux), from hisda "horror, fear," perhaps of Germanic origin; or else from Vulgar Latin *hispidosus, from Latin hispidus "shaggy, bristly," "[b]ut this presents numerous difficulties" [OED]. Meaning "repulsive" is late 14c.
例文
1. His family was subjected to a hideous attack by the gang.
彼の家族はギャングのテロに遭った。
2.It 's been a perfectly hideous day.
この日は最悪だった。
3.But was it,in fact,a hideous goof?
しかし、実際にはこれは弥天の大間違いではないでしょうか。
4.Their new colour scheme is hideous !
彼らの新しい色の組み合わせはとても見苦しい!
5.They 're not like dogs ; they 're hideous brutes.