Definition of heinous

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Heinous (a.) Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.

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Venial :: Venial (a.) Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression..
Grievous :: Grievous (a.) Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin..
Heinous :: Heinous (a.) Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
Felony :: Felony (n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment..
Atrocious :: Atrocious (a.) Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public..
Flagrant :: Flagrant (a.) Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked.
Scandal :: Scandal (n.) Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace..
Aggravation :: Aggravation (n.) The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences..
Atrocity :: Atrocity (n.) Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
Enhance :: Enhance (v. t.) To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime..
Malignity :: Malignity (n.) Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud..
Piacle :: Piacle (n.) A heinous offense which requires expiation.
Criminous :: Criminous (a.) Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous.
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony..
Aggravating :: Aggravating (a.) Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances..
Crying :: Crying (a.) Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil..
Felon :: Felon (a.) A person guilty or capable of heinous crime.
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