hideous
单词辨析：
指外表难看的或某一情景令人害怕的。
It was said that her husband was an ugly man.
据说她丈夫长相丑陋。
Ugly scenes broke out because of the violent conflict between the protestors and the military last night.
昨晚示威人群和军队爆发了冲突，场面很可怕。
Among the top ten ugliest buildings in the world picked by CNN recently, America's Experience Music Project in Seattle comes in at No. 5.
美国有线电视新闻网络于近日选出了全球10大最丑建筑，美国西雅图体验音乐博物馆名列第5位。
指外表极丑或面目狰狞的，或指事情、情景等令人憎厌或骇人的，语气比 ugly 强。
a hideous accident
骇人的事故
The corpse had a hideous grin on its face.
这具尸体面露狞笑。
Nothing goes with that hideous coat.
那件很难看的外套搭配什么都不好看。
We had to queue for hours yesterday to buy the train tickets. It was a hideous nightmare.
昨天我们排了数小时的队才买到火车票，整个过程就是一场可怕的噩梦。
强调怪异而吓人的。
He said he saw a monstrous shadow on the stairs.
他说他在楼梯上看到一个可怕的影子。
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He went to his wife and said, I cannot possibly be the father of that hideous child.
“他走到他的妻子说：”我不可能是那可怕的孩子的父亲。
Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous.
在形状或者大小上扭曲了、不自然；反常、可怕。
For weeks he would not go there, would forget the hideous painted thing, and get back his light heart, his wonderful joyousness, his passionate absorption in mere existence.
他会几个星期不上那儿去，也会忘了这幅丑恶的画像，并且恢复了轻松的心情、非凡的愉快和对生活的狂热专注。
People were all stunned by his hideous brutality. The killer committed monstrous acts.
人们被他那骇人听闻的野蛮行为震惊了。那个嗜杀成性的凶手犯下了骇人听闻的罪行。
Please tell me, am I turning into a hideous hag?
请告诉我，我是不是在变成一个很可怕的魔女？
His family was subjected to a hideous attack by the gang
他的家人遭到了匪帮的恐怖袭击。