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heinous

[ hey-nuhs ]

adjective

  1. hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible:

    a heinous offense.

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heinous

/ ˈhiː-; ˈheɪnəs /

adjective

  1. evil; atrocious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𾱲Դdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈ𾱲ԴdzܲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ndzܲ· adverb
  • ndzܲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·ndzܲ adjective
  • non·ndzܲ· adverb
  • non·ndzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of heinous1

1325–75; Middle English heynous < Middle French haineus, equivalent to haine hatred (derivative of ï to hate < Germanic ) + -eus -ous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of heinous1

C14: from Old French haineus , from haine hatred, from hair to hate, of Germanic origin; see hate
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Wayne said he had watched two relatives die "miserable", "heinous" deaths from heart failure.

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“The false accusations Defendants made were so heinous that John Oliver felt justified in telling his millions of viewers: ‘F— that doctor with a rusty canoe.

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A&F is also being sued for negligence with the lawsuits claiming that it knowingly facilitated the "heinous sexual crimes" of Mr Jeffries and his British life partner, Matthew Smith.

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He accused Ukrainian forces of "heinous crimes against civilians" – something Kyiv denies - and asked whether they should walk free or surrender.

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Surgeon General from 1936 to 1948, whose most heinous failure, however, was support for the infamous Tuskegee Experiment and equally horrific research in Guatemala.

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