- heinously
- adverb see heinous
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
heinously
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heinously — heinous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ utterly abhorrent and wicked: a heinous crime. DERIVATIVES heinously adverb heinousness noun. ORIGIN Old French haineus, from hair to hate … English terms dictionary
heinously — adverb in a terribly evil manner the child was heinously murdered • Syn: ↑monstrously • Derived from adjective: ↑monstrous (for: ↑monstrously), ↑heinous … Useful english dictionary
Heinously — Heinous Hei nous (h[=a] n[u^]s), 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 offense; applied to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heinously — See heinous. * * * … Universalium
heinously — adverb In a heinous manner … Wiktionary
heinously — adv. wickedly, abominably, despicably … English contemporary dictionary
heinously — hei·nous·ly … English syllables
heinous — heinously, adv. heinousness, n. /hay neuhs/, adj. hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense. [1325 75; ME heynous < MF haineus, equiv. to haine hatred (deriv. of haïr to HATE < Gmc) + eus OUS] Syn. wicked, infamous,… … Universalium
monstrously — adverb 1. in a grotesque manner behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife slashes marking their bodies • Syn: ↑grotesquely • Derived from adjective: ↑monstrous, ↑grotesque (for: ↑grotesquely) … Useful english dictionary
heinous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French hainus, heinous, from haine hate, from hair to hate, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German haz hate more at hate Date: 14th century hatefully or shockingly evil ; abominable • heinously … New Collegiate Dictionary
