heinous
11heinous — 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 …
12heinous — 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,… …
13heinous — adj. Heinous is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑crime, ↑offence, ↑sin …
14heinous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dreadful, abominable; atrocious, hateful, monstrous. See badness, hate. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. atrocious, horrendous, monstrous; see cruel 1 , frightful 1 , outrageous , wicked 2 . See Synonym… …
15heinous — hei|nous [ heınəs ] adjective VERY FORMAL a heinous act or crime is extremely evil …
16heinous — [ heɪnəs, hi:nəs] adjective utterly odious or wicked: a heinous crime. Derivatives heinously adverb heinousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. haineus, from hair to hate , of Gmc origin …
17heinous — adjective formal very shocking and immoral: a heinous crime heinously adverb heinousness noun (U) …
18heinous — adjective heinous crimes Syn: odious, wicked, evil, atrocious, monstrous, abominable, detestable, contemptible, reprehensible, despicable, egregious, horrific, terrible, awful, abhorrent, loathsome, hideous, unspeakable …
19heinous — UK [ˈheɪnəs] / US adjective very formal a heinous act or crime is extremely evil …
20heinous — [ˈheɪnəs] adj very formal a heinous act or crime is extremely evil …
