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heinous

[hey-nuhs]

adjective

  1. hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible.

    a heinous offense.

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heinous

/ ˈhiː-, ˈheɪnəs /

adjective

  1. evil; atrocious

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • heinously adverb
  • heinousness noun
  • nonheinous adjective
  • nonheinously adverb
  • nonheinousness noun
  • ˈ𾱲Դdzܲ adverb
  • ˈ𾱲ԴdzܲԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of heinous1

1325–75; Middle English heynous < Middle French haineus, equivalent to haine hatred (derivative of ï to hate < Germanic ) + -eus -ous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of heinous1

C14: from Old French haineus , from haine hatred, from hair to hate, of Germanic origin; see hate
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Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry denounced the “heinous Israeli attacks against the brotherly Islamic Republic of Iran.”

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"We condemn this heinous and deliberate attack in the strongest possible terms," it said in a statement.

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"We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it," Noem said on X.

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While acknowledging the prosecution's argument that it was a "heinous" crime, the court declined to classify it as a "rarest of the rare" case deserving the death penalty.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the attack "a heinous antisemitic murder" and added that security would be increased for Israeli representatives and diplomatic missions worldwide.

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