All 3 Uses of
hideous
in
The Black Cat
- It was now the representation of an object that I shudder to name—and for this, above all, I loathed, and dreaded, and would have rid myself of the monster had I dared—it was now, I say, the image of a hideous—of a ghastly thing—of the GALLOWS!†
- This hideous murder accomplished, I set myself forthwith, and with entire deliberation, to the task of concealing the body.
*hideous = ugly or offensive
- Upon its head, with red extended mouth and solitary eye of fire, sat the hideous beast whose craft had seduced me into murder, and whose informing voice had consigned me to the hangman.†
Definition:
extremely ugly, offensive, and/or frightening