hei·nous

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• hei´nous|ly — hei|nous «HAY nuhs», adjective. very wicked; extremely offensive; hateful: »The gangster was punished for his heinous crimes by a long prison sentence. SYNONYM(S): odious, infamous, atrocious. ╂[< Old French haïnos (with English ous) <… …   Useful english dictionary

• hei|nous — «HAY nuhs», adjective. very wicked; extremely offensive; hateful: »The gangster was punished for his heinous crimes by a long prison sentence. SYNONYM(S): odious, infamous, atrocious. ╂[< Old French haïnos (with English ous) < haïne hatred… …   Useful english dictionary

• hei´nous|ness — hei|nous «HAY nuhs», adjective. very wicked; extremely offensive; hateful: »The gangster was punished for his heinous crimes by a long prison sentence. SYNONYM(S): odious, infamous, atrocious. ╂[< Old French haïnos (with English ous) <… …   Useful english dictionary

• hei — alz·hei·mer s; durk·hei·mi·an; HEI; hei·au; hei·del·berg; hei·li·gen·schein; hei·min; hei·nesque; hei·nous; hei·nous·ly; hei·nous·ness; hei·sen·berg s; herx·hei·mer; ja·risch herx·hei·mer; ota·hei·tan; ota·hei·te; wald·hei·mia; hei·an; hei·shi;… …   English syllables

• nous — ab·dom·i·nous; ac·i·nous; acrog·e·nous; acrog·y·nous; acu·mi·nous; ae·ru·gi·nous; al·bu·mi·nous; al·loch·tho·nous; al·log·e·nous; al·lo·thig·e·nous; al·ti·tu·di·nous; alu·mi·nous; am·a·nous; am·phi·car·pog·e·nous; am·phig·e·nous;… …   English syllables

• heinous — hei·nous …   English syllables

• heinously — hei·nous·ly …   English syllables

• 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

• heinous — hei|nous [ heınəs ] adjective VERY FORMAL a heinous act or crime is extremely evil …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English