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heinous
What does heinous mean?
heinous (adjective): extremely wicked, deeply criminal.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use heinous in a sentence?
- Heinous accusations. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce heinous?
/ˈheɪnəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does heinous come from?
From Middle English heynous, from Anglo-Norman hainous, heinous (compare French haineux) from Old French haïr, hadir (“to hate”) (compare Old French en-hadir (“to become filled with hate”)).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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