All 3 Uses of
hideous
in
Twelfth Night
- Sure, you have some hideous matter to deliver, when the courtesy of it is so fearful.†
Scene 1.5 *
- But, sir, I will deliver his challenge by word of mouth, set upon Ague-cheek notable report of valour, and drive the gentleman,—as I know his youth will aptly receive it,—into a most hideous opinion of his rage, skill, fury, and impetuosity.†
Scene 3.4
- Sir Topas, never was man thus wronged: good Sir Topas, do not think I am mad; they have laid me here in hideous darkness.†
Scene 4.2
Definition:
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(hideous) extremely ugly, offensive, and/or frightening