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immense
English
Etymology
From Middle French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
Adjective
immense (comparative immenser, superlative immensest)
- Huge, gigantic, very large.
- (colloquial) Supremely good.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:gigantic
Related terms
- immensely
- immensity
Translations
Noun
immense (plural immenses)
- (poetic) immense extent or expanse; immensity
- 1882, James Thomson (B. V.), “Despotism Tempered by Dynamite”:
- The half of Asia is my prison-house,
Myriads of convicts lost in its Immense—
I look with terror to my crowning day.
- The half of Asia is my prison-house,
- 1882, James Thomson (B. V.), “Despotism Tempered by Dynamite”:
Anagrams
- Eminems
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
immense
- Inflected form of immens
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imm?nsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i(m).m??s/
Adjective
immense (plural immenses)
- immense, huge
Related terms
- immensément
- immensifier
- immensité
Further reading
- “immense” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
immense f pl
- feminine plural of immenso
Latin
Adjective
imm?nse
- vocative masculine singular of imm?nsus
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hideous
English
Etymology
From Middle English hidous, from Anglo-Norman hidous, from Old French hideus, hydus (“that which inspires terror”), from earlier hisdos, from Old French hisda (“horror, fear”), of uncertain and disputed origin. Probably from Proto-West Germanic *agisiþu (“horror, terror”), from Proto-West Germanic *agis?n (“to frighten, terrorise”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eg?- (“to frighten”). Cognate with Old High German egisa, egid? (“horror”), Old English egesa (“fear, dread”), Gothic ???????????????? (agis, “fear, terror”).
Alternative etymology cites possible derivation from Latin hispidosus (“rugged”), from hispidus (“rough, bristly”), yet the semantic evolution is less plausible.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h?d.i?.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?h?d.i.?s/
Adjective
hideous (comparative more hideous, superlative most hideous)
- Extremely or shockingly ugly.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- A piteous and hideous spectacle.
- Having a very unpleasant or frightening sound
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- He started up, growling at first, but finding his leg broken, fell down again; and then got upon three legs, and gave the most hideous roar that ever I heard.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- Hateful; shocking.
- Morally offensive; shocking; detestable.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "hideous" is often applied: monster, creature, man, woman, face, thing, crime, form, death, aspect, spectacle, picture, roar, sound, manner, way, disease, mistake, shape, dress, fact, act, smile.
Synonyms
- frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, horrid, dreadful, terrible
Derived terms
- hideosity
- hideously
- hideousness
Translations
Middle English
Adjective
hideous
- Alternative form of hidous (“terrifying”)
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