Both Uses
hideous
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Northanger Abbey
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- It would be hideous to be always together; we should be the jest of the place.†
Chpt 18 *
- I wear nothing but purple now: I know I look hideous in it, but no matter—it is your dear brother's favourite colour.†
Chpt 27
Definitions:
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(1)
(hideous) extremely ugly, offensive, and/or frightening
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)