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Definition of heinous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

heinous

adjective
 
/ˈheɪnəs/,
 
/ˈhiːnəs/
 
/ˈheɪnəs/
 [usually before noun] (formal)
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  1. morally very bad
    • a heinous crime
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHeinous is used with these nouns:
    • act
    • crime
    • offence
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French haineus, from hair ‘to hate’, of Germanic origin.
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