Both Uses
hideous
in
King Lear
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- Reverse thy state; And in thy best consideration check This hideous rashness: answer my life my judgment, Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least; Nor are those empty-hearted whose low sound Reverbs no hollowness.†
Scene 1.1
- —Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child Than the sea-monster!†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(hideous) extremely ugly, offensive, and/or frightening
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)