Translations for hideous in French

Here are paragraphs from public domain books translated:

There was little difficulty in entering the grounds, for unrepaired breaches gaped in the old park wall. Making our way among the trees, we reached the lawn, crossed it, and were about to enter through the window, when out from a clump of laurel bushes there darted what seemed to be a hideous and distorted child, who threw itself upon the grass with writhing limbs, and then ran swiftly across the lawn into the darkness.

Nous n’eûmes pas de peine à pénétrer dans le parc, dont les murs avaient de nombreuses brèches. Nous avions déjà atteint la pelouse, et, l’ayant traversée, nous nous apprêtions à escalader la fenêtre quand, d’un bosquet de laurier, s’élança une sorte de nain hideux et difforme qui se jeta sur le gazon en tordant ses membres, puis s’enfuit et disparut dans l’obscurité.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle

Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes, de Arthur Conan Doyle