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English Dictionary: Heinousness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heinousness
n
  1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heinous \Hei"nous\, a. [OF. ha[8b]nos hateful, F. haineux, fr.
      OF. ha[8b]ne hate, F. haine, fr. ha[8b]r to hate; of German
      origin. See {Hate}.]
      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.
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