About The Word Heinous
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Heinous
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What's The Definition Of Heinous?
[adj] shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Heinous: atrocious | evil | flagitious | grievous | monstrous | wicked Related Terms | Find terms related to Heinous: abhorrent | abject | abominable | arrant | atrocious | awful | bad | base | beastly | beggarly | below contempt | beneath contempt | black | blamable | blameworthy | brutal | cheesy | contemptible | criminal | crude | crummy | crying | damnable | dark | debased | degraded | deplorable | depraved | desperate | despicable | detestable | dire | dirty | disgraceful | disgusting | dreadful | egregious | enormous | evil | execrable | fetid | filthy | flagitious | flagrant | forbidding | foul | fulsome | grave | grievous | gross | hateful | horrible | horrid | ignoble | improper | infamous | iniquitous | knavish | lamentable | little | loathsome | lousy | low | low-down | lumpen | malodorous | mangy | mean | measly | mephitic | miasmal | miasmic | miserable | monstrous | nasty | naughty | nauseating | nefarious | noisome | notorious | noxious | objectionable | obnoxious | obscene | odious | offensive | outrageous | paltry | peccant | petty | pitiable | pitiful | poky | poor | rank | rebarbative | regrettable | repellent | reprehensible | reprobate | reptilian | repugnant | repulsive | revolting | rotten | sad | scabby | scandalous | schlock | scrubby | scruffy | scummy | scurvy | shabby | shameful | shocking | shoddy | sickening | sinful | small | sordid | squalid | stinking | terrible | too bad | unclean | unforgivable | unmentionable | unpardonable | unspeakable | unworthy | vicious | vile | villainous | wicked | woeful | worst | worthless | wretched | wrong See Also | Heinous In Webster's Dictionary \Hei"nous\, a. [OF. ha["i]nos hateful, F. haineux, fr.
OF. ha["i]ne hate, F. haine, fr. ha["i]r to hate; of German
origin. See {Hate}.]
Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving
great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. --Hooker.
How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt!
--Milton.
Syn: Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. --
{Hei"nous*ly}, adv. -- {Hei"nous*ness}, n.
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