Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heinous"
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) 1.7 (wn)
heinous
adj : shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime";
"a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous
crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to
commit" [syn: {atrocious}, {flagitious}, {grievous}, {monstrous}]
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