Both Uses of
hideous
in
The Tell-Tale Heart
- I saw it with perfect distinctness--all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old man's face or person: for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot.†
- --It is the beating of his hideous heart!†
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Definition:
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(hideous) extremely ugly, offensive, and/or frightening