Is hideous an anapest?

Answer:

No. An anapest has two short syllables followed by one long sylable. Hideous has a long first syllable followed by two short ones.

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What does hideous mean?
It is an adjective3 meanings- horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster. shocking or revolting to the moral sense: a hideous crime.distressing; appalling: the...
What does anapest mean?
The word 'anapest' means a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
Is unfortunately an anapest?
Not really. An anapest is a 3 syllable foot with the first 2 unstressed, and the 3rd stressed. As in Lord Byron's "...and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold" and his CO horts were GLEA...
How do you spell hideous?
That is the correct spelling of the word "hideous" (repulsive, revolting).
What rhymes with hideous?
devious? :P