heinously

heinously
adverb see heinous

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • heinously — heinous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ utterly abhorrent and wicked: a heinous crime. DERIVATIVES heinously adverb heinousness noun. ORIGIN Old French haineus, from hair to hate …   English terms dictionary

  • heinously — adverb in a terribly evil manner the child was heinously murdered • Syn: ↑monstrously • Derived from adjective: ↑monstrous (for: ↑monstrously), ↑heinous …   Useful english dictionary

  • Heinously — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • heinously — See heinous. * * * …   Universalium

  • heinously — adverb In a heinous manner …   Wiktionary

  • heinously — adv. wickedly, abominably, despicably …   English contemporary dictionary

  • heinously — hei·nous·ly …   English syllables

  • heinous — heinously, adv. heinousness, n. /hay neuhs/, adj. hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense. [1325 75; ME heynous < MF haineus, equiv. to haine hatred (deriv. of haïr to HATE < Gmc) + eus OUS] Syn. wicked, infamous,… …   Universalium

  • monstrously — adverb 1. in a grotesque manner behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife slashes marking their bodies • Syn: ↑grotesquely • Derived from adjective: ↑monstrous, ↑grotesque (for: ↑grotesquely) …   Useful english dictionary

  • heinous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French hainus, heinous, from haine hate, from hair to hate, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German haz hate more at hate Date: 14th century hatefully or shockingly evil ; abominable • heinously …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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