- heinous hei·nous adj
- ['heɪnəs]
frm nefando (-a), atroce
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heinous hei·nous adj
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heinous — hei·nous / hā nəs/ adj: enormously and shockingly evil a heinous crime hei·nous·ly adv hei·nous·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
heinous — hei•nous [[t]ˈheɪ nəs[/t]] adj. utterly reprehensible or evil; odious; abominable: a heinous offense[/ex] • Etymology: 1325–75; ME < MF haineus=haine hatred + eus ous hei′nous•ly, adv. hei′nous•ness, n … From formal English to slang
heinous — hei|nous [ˈheınəs] adj formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: haineus, from haine hate ] 1.) very shocking and immoral ▪ a heinous crime 2.) AmE spoken informal extremely bad ▪ The food in the cafeteria is pretty heinous. >heinousness… … Dictionary of contemporary English
