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Heinous Definition And Meaning
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"nously}, adv. -- {Hei"nousness}, n.

Heinous Definition And Meaning

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"

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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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