'Heinous' definitions:
Definition of 'heinous'
From: WordNet
adjective
Extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations" [syn: flagitious, heinous]
Definition of 'Heinous'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt! --Milton.
- Syn: Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. -- {Hei"nous*ly}, adv. -- {Hei"nous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heinous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrent,
- abject,
- abominable,
- arrant,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- bad,
- base,
- beastly,
- beggarly,
- below contempt,
- beneath contempt,
- black,
- blamable,
- blameworthy,
- brutal,
- cheesy,
- contemptible,
- criminal,
- crude,
- crummy,
- crying,
- damnable,
- dark,
- debased,
- degraded,
- deplorable,
- depraved,
- desperate,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- dire,
- dirty,
- disgraceful,
- disgusting,
- dreadful,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- evil,
- execrable,
- fetid,
- filthy,
- flagitious,
- flagrant,
- forbidding,
- foul,
- fulsome,
- grave,
- grievous,
- gross,
- hateful,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- ignoble,
- improper,
- infamous,
- iniquitous,
- knavish,
- lamentable,
- little,
- loathsome,
- lousy,
- low,
- low-down,
- lumpen,
- malodorous,
- mangy,
- mean,
- measly,
- mephitic,
- miasmal,
- miasmic,
- miserable,
- monstrous,
- nasty,
- naughty,
- nauseating,
- nefarious,
- noisome,
- notorious,
- noxious,
- objectionable,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- odious,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- paltry,
- peccant,
- petty,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- poky,
- poor,
- rank,
- rebarbative,
- regrettable,
- repellent,
- reprehensible,
- reprobate,
- reptilian,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- rotten,
- sad,
- scabby,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- scummy,
- scurvy,
- shabby,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- sickening,
- sinful,
- small,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- stinking,
- terrible,
- too bad,
- unclean,
- unforgivable,
- unmentionable,
- unpardonable,
- unspeakable,
- unworthy,
- vicious,
- vile,
- villainous,
- wicked,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched,
- wrong