- heinousness
- heinousness heinousness n.
the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.
Syn: atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
heinousness
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heinousness — index atrocity, delinquency (misconduct), disrepute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
heinousness — heinous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ utterly abhorrent and wicked: a heinous crime. DERIVATIVES heinously adverb heinousness noun. ORIGIN Old French haineus, from hair to hate … English terms dictionary
Heinousness — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heinousness — noun see heinous … New Collegiate Dictionary
heinousness — See heinously. * * * … Universalium
heinousness — noun The property of being heinous. See Also: atrocity, cruelty … Wiktionary
heinousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of passing all moral bounds: atto ciousness, atrocity, enormity, monstrousness. See GOOD … English dictionary for students
heinousness — hei·nous·ness || hɪËnɪs / heɪn n. wickedness, hatefulness, outrageousness … English contemporary dictionary
heinousness — hei·nous·ness … English syllables
heinousness — noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane • Syn: ↑atrocity, ↑atrociousness, ↑barbarity, ↑barbarousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑barbarous (for: ↑barbarousness), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
