All 4 Uses of
hideous
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Art thou not afraid of nightmares and hideous dreams?†
Chpt 4 *
- They grew out of his heart, and typify, it may be, some hideous secret that was buried with him, and which he had done better to confess during his lifetime.†
Chpt 10
- Would he not suddenly sink into the earth, leaving a barren and blasted spot, where, in due course of time, would be seen deadly nightshade, dogwood, henbane, and whatever else of vegetable wickedness the climate could produce, all flourishing with hideous luxuriance?†
Chpt 15
- Some affirmed that the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, on the very day when Hester Prynne first wore her ignominious badge, had begun a course of penance—which he afterwards, in so many futile methods, followed out—by inflicting a hideous torture on himself.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(hideous) extremely ugly, offensive, and/or frightening