heinous
pronunciation
How to pronounce heinous in British English:
UK [ˈheɪnəs]
How to pronounce heinous in American English:
US [ˈheɪ.nəs]
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- Adjective:
- shockingly brutal or cruel
Word Origin
- heinous
- heinous: see hate
- heinous (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French hainos "inconvenient, awkward; hateful, unpleasant; odious" (Modern French haineux), from haine "hatred," from hair "to hate," from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *hatjan, related to *haton (see hate (v.)). Related: Heinously; heinousness.
Example
- 1. Fabricating data is a heinous scientific sin .
- 2. The u. n. chief said foreign armed groups have also committed such heinous crimes with impunity .
- 3. Even the most heinous of crimes began when someone made a wrong choice and gave into temptation .
- 4. In developed countries , even those accused of heinous crimes are apprised of their legal rights , and rightfully so .
- 5. " People who committed this heinous crime cannot be called muslim , " said hanif nalkhande , a trustee of the jamia masjid trust , which runs the three-hectare ( 7.5 acres ) bada kabrastan graveyard in mumbai .