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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈheɪnəs/ [UK, US], /ˈhiːnəs/ [UK] Audio: en-uk-heinous.ogg , en-us-heinous.ogg , en-au-heinous.ogg Forms: more heinous [comparative], most heinous [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪnəs Etymology: From Middle English hainous, from Old French haïneus (compare French haineux) from haïr (“to hate”), hadir (“to hate”) (compare Old French enhadir (“to become filled with hate”)), from Frankish *hattjan (“to hate”) Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hainous}} Middle English hainous, {{der|en|fro|haineus|haïneus}} Old French haïneus, {{cog|fr|haineux}} French haineux, {{cog|fro|enhadir|enhadir|to become filled with hate}} Old French enhadir (“to become filled with hate”), {{der|en|frk|*hattjan||to hate}} Frankish *hattjan (“to hate”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂d-}} Head templates: {{en-adj}} heinous (comparative more heinous, superlative most heinous)
  1. Totally reprehensible. Synonyms (totally reprehensible): abominable, horrible, odious Translations (totally reprehensible): զզվելի (zzveli) (Armenian), նողկալի (noġkali) (Armenian), գարշելի (garšeli) (Armenian), անպետք (anpetkʻ) (Armenian), սարսափելի (sarsapʻeli) (Armenian), զարհուրելի (zarhureli) (Armenian), отвратителен (otvratitelen) (Bulgarian), гнусен (gnusen) (Bulgarian), ohavný (Czech), odporný (Czech), afskyelig (Danish), frygtelig (Danish), grufuld (Danish), motbydelig (Danish), afschuwelijk (Dutch), afgrijselijk (Dutch), afschrikwekkend (Dutch), verschrikkelijk (Dutch), verwerpelijk (Dutch), andstyggiligur (Faroese), katala (Finnish), kauhea (Finnish), hirvittävä (Finnish), atroce (French), atroz (Galician), abscheulich (German), verabscheuungswürdig (German), στυγερός (stygerós) [masculine] (Greek), αποτρόπαιος (apotrópaios) [masculine] (Greek), απεχθής (apechthís) [masculine] (Greek), μισητός (misitós) [masculine] (Greek), förtelmes (Hungarian), szörnyű (Hungarian), viðbjóðslegur (Icelandic), efferato (Italian), abominevole (Italian), odioso (Italian), whakarihariha (Maori), mōrihariha (Maori), avskyelig (Norwegian Bokmål), motbydelig (Norwegian Bokmål), avskyeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), hediondo (Portuguese), гну́сный (gnúsnyj) (Russian), ме́рзкий (mérzkij) (Russian), отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) (Russian), atroz (Spanish), avskyvärd (Swedish), vedervärdig (Swedish), förfärlig (Swedish), ohygglig (Swedish), skändlig (Swedish)
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  2. Bad, evil or villainous.
    Sense id: en-heinous-en-adj-ocRsInfM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hainous [obsolete] Derived forms: heinously, heinousness, unheinous Related terms: hate

Alternative forms

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}
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    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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        "US"
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    {
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "abominable"
    },
    {
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "horrible"
    },
    {
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "odious"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zzveli",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "զզվելի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "noġkali",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "նողկալի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "garšeli",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "գարշելի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anpetkʻ",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "անպետք"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sarsapʻeli",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "սարսափելի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zarhureli",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "զարհուրելի"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otvratitelen",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "отвратителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gnusen",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "гнусен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "ohavný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "odporný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "afskyelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "frygtelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "grufuld"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "motbydelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "afschuwelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "afgrijselijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "afschrikwekkend"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "verschrikkelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "verwerpelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "andstyggiligur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "katala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "kauhea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "hirvittävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "atroce"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "atroz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "abscheulich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "verabscheuungswürdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stygerós",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "στυγερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apotrópaios",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αποτρόπαιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apechthís",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "απεχθής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "misitós",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μισητός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "förtelmes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "szörnyű"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "viðbjóðslegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "efferato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "abominevole"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "odioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "whakarihariha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "mōrihariha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "avskyelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "motbydelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "avskyeleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "hediondo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gnúsnyj",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "гну́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mérzkij",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "ме́рзкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvratítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "отврати́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "atroz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "avskyvärd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "vedervärdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "förfärlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "ohygglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "totally reprehensible",
      "word": "skändlig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heinous"
}

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