heinous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English heynous, from Anglo-Norman hainous, heinous (compare French haineux) from Old French haïr, hadir (“to hate”) (compare Old French en-hadir (“to become filled with hate”)), from Frankish *hattjan (“to hate”) (compare Middle English hetien). More at hate. The fluctuation between pronunciations with /eɪ/ and /iː/ is old; the former reflects adoption of an unmonophthongised pronunciation of Old French -ai-, while the latter reflects a monophthongised form.
Meanings
-
Totally reprehensible.
I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.
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.
2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:The perpetrators of this heinous act must be brought to justice.
- Bad, evil or villainous.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more heinous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| hainous | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| most heinous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
heinousness · heinously · unheinous
Relateds
Synonyms
abominable (totally reprehensible) · odious (totally reprehensible) · horrible (totally reprehensible)
Translations (57)
hy զարհուրելի (totally reprehensible) · hu szörnyű (totally reprehensible) · nl afschrikwekkend (totally reprehensible) · hy նողկալի (totally reprehensible) · tl karumal-dumal (totally reprehensible) · sv skändlig (totally reprehensible) · it abominevole (totally reprehensible) · nl afgrijselijk (totally reprehensible) · gl atroz (totally reprehensible) · nl verwerpelijk (totally reprehensible) · ru гну́сный (totally reprehensible) · fo andstyggiligur (totally reprehensible) · el απεχθής (totally reprehensible) · de abscheulich (totally reprehensible) · fr atroce (totally reprehensible) · nn avskyeleg (totally reprehensible) · is viðbjóðslegur (totally reprehensible) · fi katala (totally reprehensible) · cs odporný (totally reprehensible) · el στυγερός (totally reprehensible) · fi kauhea (totally reprehensible) · uk жахли́вий (totally reprehensible) · it efferato (totally reprehensible) · bg гнусен (totally reprehensible) · da motbydelig (totally reprehensible) · hu förtelmes (totally reprehensible) · cs ohavný (totally reprehensible) · nl verschrikkelijk (totally reprehensible) · sv avskyvärd (totally reprehensible) · hy զզվելի (totally reprehensible) · hy գարշելի (totally reprehensible) · hy սարսափելի (totally reprehensible) · de verabscheuungswürdig (totally reprehensible) · mi mōrihariha (totally reprehensible) · uk оги́дний (totally reprehensible) · nl afschuwelijk (totally reprehensible) · fi hirvittävä (totally reprehensible) · ru ме́рзкий (totally reprehensible) · kk пасық (totally reprehensible) · kk жексұрын (totally reprehensible) · da afskyelig (totally reprehensible) · it odioso (totally reprehensible) · sv ohygglig (totally reprehensible) · el αποτρόπαιος (totally reprehensible) · da frygtelig (totally reprehensible) · pt hediondo (totally reprehensible) · sv vedervärdig (totally reprehensible) · el μισητός (totally reprehensible) · da grufuld (totally reprehensible) · nb avskyelig (totally reprehensible) · nb motbydelig (totally reprehensible) · bg отвратителен (totally reprehensible) · ru отврати́тельный (totally reprehensible) · sv förfärlig (totally reprehensible) · hy անպետք (totally reprehensible) · uk мерзе́нний (totally reprehensible) · mi whakarihariha (totally reprehensible)