Definitions for: Heinous

[adj] shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

Webster (1913) Definition: Hei"nous, 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 great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.

It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. --Hooker.

How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt!
--Milton.

Syn: Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. --
Hei"nous*ly, adv. -- Hei"nous*ness, n.

Synonyms: atrocious, evil, flagitious, grievous, monstrous, wicked

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