heinous

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Scrabble points: 10
Words With Friends: 11
Letters: 7

Pronunciation

/ˈheɪnəs/ (UK)

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/ˈheɪnəs/ (UK) · /ˈhiːnəs/ (UK)

Definition of heinous

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

Totally reprehensible.

“I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.”
“The perpetrators of this heinous act must be brought to justice.”
“Perhaps burdened by the weight of history, talk of the heinous 2-2 draw in 2002, or the magnitude of the fixture, Scotland seemed spooked in the early throes.”

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adj

Totally reprehensible.

“I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.”
“The perpetrators of this heinous act must be brought to justice.”
“Perhaps burdened by the weight of history, talk of the heinous 2-2 draw in 2002, or the magnitude of the fixture, Scotland seemed spooked in the early throes.”
Bad, evil or villainous.

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Etymology

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From Middle English hainous, from Old French haïneus (compare French haineux) from haïr (“to hate”), hadir (“to hate”) (compare Old French en-hadir (“to become filled with hate”)), from Frankish *hattjan (“to hate”) (compare Middle English hetien). More at hate. The fluctuation between pronunciations with /eɪ/ and /iː/ is old; the former reflects adoption of an unmonophthongised pronunciation of Old French -ai-, while the latter reflects a monophthongised form.

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INHOUSE 10 pts

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