hideous
要点恐ろしい
意味
- 恐ろしい,(外見が)ひどく醜い,ぞっとする
- (道徳的に)憎むべき,いまわしい
例文
A hideous monster used to live there.
以前恐ろしい怪物が住んでいた。
Tom had a hideous hangover.
トムがとんでもない二日酔いをしてしまいました。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English hidous, from Anglo-Norman hidous, from Old French hideus, hydus (“that which inspires terror”), from earlier hisdos, from Old French hisda (“horror, fear”), of uncertain and disputed origin. Probably from Proto-West Germanic *agisiþu (“horror, terror”), from Proto-West Germanic *agisōn (“to frighten, terrorise”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to frighten”). Cognate with Old High German egisa, egidī (“horror”), Old English egesa (“fear, dread”), Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (agis, “fear, terror”).