Heinousness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heinous \Hei"nous\ (h[=a]"n[u^]s), 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 offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. --Hooker.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           How heinous had the fact been, how deserving
           Contempt!                                --Milton.
  
     Syn: Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. --
          {Hei"nous*ly}, adv. -- {Hei"nous*ness}, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  heinousness \heinousness\ n.
     the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.
  
     Syn: atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heinousness
       n : the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: {atrocity},
            {atrociousness}, {barbarity}, {barbarousness}]