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adjective
- 1. (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked: "a battery of heinous crimes"
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( esp. of a crime) extremely bad or evil: heinous murders. (Definition of heinous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of heinous. heinous.
adjective. hei· nous ˈhā-nəs. Synonyms of heinous. : hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable. heinously adverb. heinousness noun. Did you know? Humans have contrasted love with hate and good with evil for eons, putting love and good on one side and hate and evil on the other.
Heinous definition: hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible. See examples of HEINOUS used in a sentence.
(heɪnəs , hiː- ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe something such as a crime as heinous, you mean that it is extremely evil or horrible. [formal] Her life has been permanently blighted by his heinous crime. They are capable of the most heinous acts. Synonyms: shocking, evil, monstrous, grave More Synonyms of heinous.
A heinous crime is very evil or wicked. Of course, some people only use the term as an exaggeration, claiming that their parents' requirement that they write thank you notes after their birthdays is a heinous form of torture. Heinous descends from Middle English, from Old French haineus, from haine "hatred," from hair "to hate."
HEINOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of heinous in English. heinous. adjective. formal us / ˈheɪ.nəs / uk / ˈheɪ.nəs / Add to word list. very bad and shocking: a heinous crime. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Morally wrong and evil. abhorrently. amorality. anomie. dissipated. dissolutely. dissoluteness.
Outrageously evil or wicked; abominable. A heinous crime. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Very unappealing; ugly. Showed up wearing that heinous shirt. American Heritage. Totally reprehensible. I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime. Wiktionary. Synonyms: flagitious. odious. malicious. wicked. unspeakable.
Define heinous. heinous synonyms, heinous pronunciation, heinous translation, English dictionary definition of heinous. adj. 1. Wicked; abominable: a heinous crime. 2. Informal Very unappealing; ugly: showed up wearing that heinous shirt. hei′nous·ly adv. hei′nous·ness n....
Definition of heinous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
HEINOUS definition: very bad and shocking: . Learn more.
