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heinous
/ˈheɪnəs/
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What does heinous mean?
adjective
- Totally reprehensible.
- Bad, evil or villainous.
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O, forfend it, God, That in a Christian climate souls refined Should show so heinous, black, obscene a deed!
Fines, corporal punishment, and in the case of heinous crimes, mutilation and death are their penalties.
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Mr. Aislabie found few friends: his guilt was so apparent and so heinous that nobody had courage to stand up in his favour.
May God Almighty forgive us for this heinous sin, and have mercy on our sinful souls, is the prayer of your miserable, broken-hearted, but loving brother, Arthur.
The young woman’s heart revolted against so heinous a charge, and when she saw that she could attempt to do nothing to save her protector, she wept bitterly.