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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heinous \Hei"nous\, 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 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heinousness n : the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: {atrocity}, {atrociousness}, {barbarity}, {barbarousness}]
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