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Synonyms for heinous
ˈheɪ nəsheinous
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Wiktionary
heinousadjective
Totally reprehensible.
I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.
Synonyms:
abominable, odious, horrible
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
heinous
Synonyms:
hateful, fragrant, detestable, flagitious, atrocious, odious, abominable, execrable, enormousAntonyms:
excellent, laudable, meritorious, praiseworthy, distinguished, justifiable, excusable, palliable
Princeton's WordNet
flagitious, heinousadjective
extremely wicked, deeply criminal
"a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations"
Synonyms:
grievous, monstrous, atrocious, flagitiousAntonyms:
virtuous
Dictionary of English Synonymes
heinousadjective
Synonyms:
flagrant, flagitious, atrocious, infamous, villanous, nefarious, crying, very wicked
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
heinousadjective
Synonyms:
atrocious, flagrant, flagitious, monstrous, nefarious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "heinous":
abhorrent, odious, atrocious, abominable, hateful, obnoxious, horrendous, egregious, despicable, appalling, horrific, hideous, horrible, dastardly, repugnant, nefarious, loathsome, vile, terrible, gruesome, grisly, infamous, dreadful, vicious, horrifying, outrageous, towering, awful, hate, ugly, monstrous, execrable, unspeakable, evil, reprehensible, ghastly, brutal, abject
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3009 | evil | |
#3527 | hate | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#8709 | horrible | |
#9271 | brutal | |
#9775 | awful | |
#15992 | vicious | |
#16937 | infamous | |
#17155 | outrageous | |
#23190 | dreadful | |
#23860 | fragrant | |
#26052 | horrific | |
#27379 | vile | |
#29579 | obnoxious | |
#29669 | towering | |
#29891 | appalling | |
#30054 | hateful | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#30977 | hideous | |
#36370 | gruesome | |
#38864 | horrendous | |
#39885 | horrifying | |
#40529 | grievous | |
#43354 | egregious | |
#45237 | unspeakable | |
#45529 | heinous | |
#47042 | ghastly | |
#47706 | despicable | |
#48360 | nefarious | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#51865 | abject | |
#55326 | repugnant | |
#57592 | odious | |
#58157 | grisly | |
#58505 | reprehensible | |
#65966 | loathsome | |
#71961 | dastardly | |
#74271 | abhorrent | |
#97969 | detestable | |
#143060 | execrable |
How to use heinous in a sentence?
The state of Texas and the Department of Public Safety are working closely with local law enforcement to provide resources as needed and deliver justice for this heinous attack, i thank the first responders who have acted swiftly and admirably under pressure, and I want to remind all Texans that we will not allow the Lone Star State to be overrun by hatred and violence. We will unite, as Texans always do, to respond to this tragedy.
We join with the international community in loudly condemning these barbaric and heinous terror attacks, which have claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent people going about their lives, while the investigation continues and the terrorists ’ motivations are still unclear, we are deeply concerned at reports that The Bataclan Theater has long been a focus of anti-Zionist groups.
The promise of accountability was the only check on this guy [ MBS ], now it's gone, when the President of the US goes to this murderer's hometown to appease him, he's not only glossing over his past heinous crimes with stunning impunity but enabling his future ones. It's a wink-wink nudge-nudge to commit the next crime in a cleaner, less messy fashion.
These terrorist groups have desecrated all human values, they have committed the most heinous criminal terrorist acts against the Iraqi people -- whether Shia, Sunni, Christian, Turkmen.
The final hours of Lori’s life were violent, this was a violent, heinous act committed against her. In circumstances like this, you want to say that the victim didn’t suffer. But I’m not sure this is the case with this particular investigation based on what we know. The suspects, in this case, had more than enough opportunity [to stop] and they failed to do so. Instead, they took it a step further and dismembered her.
Translations for heinous
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- شنيعArabic
- odporný, ohavnýCzech
- afskyelig, frygtelig, motbydelig, grufuldDanish
- abscheulich, verabscheuungswürdigGerman
- στυγερόςGreek
- atrozSpanish
- شنیعPersian
- hirvittävä, kauhea, katalaFinnish
- andstyggiligurFaroese
- atroce, odieuxFrench
- जघन्यHindi
- szörnyű, förtelmesHungarian
- գարշելի, սարսափելի, անպետք, նողկալի, զզվելի, զարհուրելիArmenian
- mengerikanIndonesian
- viðbjóðslegurIcelandic
- odiosoItalian
- מְתוֹעָבHebrew
- ಹೇಯKannada
- 가증스러운Korean
- maximumLatin
- motbydelig, avskyeligNorwegian
- verschrikkelijk, verwerpelijk, afschrikwekkend, afgrijselijk, afschuwelijkDutch
- avskyelegNorwegian Nynorsk
- hediondoPortuguese
- гнусный, отвратительный, мерзкийRussian
- ohygglig, skändlig, avskyvärd, vedervärdig, förfärligSwedish
- கொடியTamil
- เลวร้ายThai
- огиднийUkrainian
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