English-Thai Dictionary

heinous

ADJ เลวร้าย  ชั่วร้าย  atrocious monstrous wicked leao-rai

 

heinousness

N ความ น่าเกลียดน่าชัง  ความโหดเหี้ยม  ความ มี กล่ิน เหม็น 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HEINOUS

a.An incorrect orthography. [See Hainous. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEINOUS

Hei "nous, a. Etym: [OF. haïnos hateful, F. haineux, fr. OF. haïne hate, F. haine, fr. haïr to hate; of German origin. See Hate. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

heinous

hei nous |ˈhānəs ˈheɪnəs | ▶adjective (of a person or wrongful act, esp. a crime ) utterly odious or wicked: a battery of heinous crimes. DERIVATIVES hei nous ly adverb, hei nous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French haineus, from hair ‘to hate, ’ of Germanic origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

heinous

heinous |ˈheɪnəs, ˈhiːnəs | ▶adjective (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime ) utterly odious or wicked: a battery of heinous crimes. DERIVATIVES heinously adverb, heinousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French haineus, from hair ‘to hate ’, of Germanic origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

heinous

heinous adjective heinous crimes: odious, wicked, evil, atrocious, monstrous, abominable, detestable, contemptible, reprehensible, despicable, egregious, horrific, terrible, awful, abhorrent, loathsome, hideous, unspeakable, execrable; iniquitous, villainous, beyond the pale. ANTONYMS admirable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

heinous

heinous adjective child abuse is considered a most heinous offence: odious, wicked, evil, atrocious, monstrous, disgraceful, abominable, detestable, contemptible, reprehensible, despicable, horrible, horrific, horrifying, terrible, awful, abhorrent, loathsome, outrageous, shocking, shameful, hateful, hideous, unspeakable, unpardonable, unforgivable, inexcusable, execrable, ghastly, iniquitous, villainous, nefarious, beneath contempt, beyond the pale; rare egregious, flagitious. ANTONYMS admirable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

heinous

hei nous /héɪnəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗極悪な, 凶悪な, 非道な, 恐るべき 〈犯罪など 〉(evil ).～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞