Crossword clues for heinous
heinous
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heinous \Hei"nous\ (h[=a]"n[u^]s), 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 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French hainos "inconvenient, awkward; hateful, unpleasant; odious" (Modern French haineux), from haine "hatred," from hair "to hate," from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *hatjan, related to *haton (see hate (v.)). Related: Heinously; heinousness.
Wiktionary
a. Totally reprehensible.
WordNet
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" [syn: atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous]
Usage examples of "heinous".
It is my duty to warn you that, if after the exhumation this should prove to be the wrong grave, you will be guilty of a heinous crime.
Soldier was reluctant to let Kaff have his way with Spagg, but betrayal was a heinous crime in his eyes.
Who would commit heinous acts, so similar to Sael, in this town, now that both she and Lo were here?
Heinous behavior, but there are many tales told today of unscrupulous Christians in Spain conducting a trade in Christian penes and foreskins to the Moors.
Master Prout felt friendly to the publican, as was evident, there were some things he would not overlook, and no offence could be committed more heinous than disregarding his orders.
I referred to the fact that foul play is suspected in the deaths of the Duval family, and our entire thaumaturgical staff has been called upon to aid in the apprehension of the perpetrators of this heinous crime.
By the luck of the draw, he had gotten stuck with the job of defending the most hated man in Minneapolis, if not the entire state: a drifter named Karl Dahl, accused of the most heinous murders Carey had encountered in her career.
The theft of symbionts from their legitimate hosts is a crime so heinous that most Trills could never consider such a thing.
Of the two remaining Kappa Theta Etas, Rebecca was the logical successor to that particularly heinous throne.
Samantha had been pleased by the female-dominated selection of jurists, insisting that women would believe a man who loved the victim incapable of such a heinous crime.
The main operation consisted of helping two heinous regimes bleed each other a little longer while getting money to anti-Communists battling totalitarian tyrants in Nicaragua.
He lifted his eyes towards heaven, as if to plead guilty, to a very heinous crime.
As they are well aware of the penalties for being accessories to such a heinous crime, they are assisting our efforts.
One said that he had searched the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and he could not find a text that expressly treated of that enormity, but that was manifestly because it was a sin too heinous to be spoken of in holy writ.
It appears to those who work with their minds and imagination, however, that to steal one brainchildren is almost as heinous a crime, and so , “ in English, has come to mean the stealing of the ideas, forms, or words by someone who then puts them forth as his or her own.