heinous

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/ˈheɪnəs/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

against, evil, most, repulsive, responsible

VERB + HEINOUS

committed, condemn, don't, ending, repeat, talk, war

HEINOUS + NOUN

atrocities, crime, crimes, fact, humanity, words

PREP.

ADV.

equally, especially

Definitions

adj

Totally reprehensible.

I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.

The perpetrators of this heinous act must be brought to justice.

Bad, evil or villainous.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — extremely wicked, deeply criminal

flagitious

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.

Wiktionary

The perpetrators of this heinous act must be brought to justice.

Wiktionary

Perhaps burdened by the weight of history, talk of the heinous 2-2 draw in 2002, or the magnitude of the fixture, Scotland seemed spooked in the early throes.

Wiktionary

Any murder is gruesome but this one was especially heinous.

Tatoeba · #963944

Tom was the victim of a heinous crime.

Tatoeba · #2457441

Spoiling an ending is a heinous crime against humanity.

Tatoeba · #3449922

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