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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Heinous

/(hā"nŭs)/ · Hei·nous · IPA /ˈheɪnəs/
01 a. Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
  1. 1.
    Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving 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.