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Definition of
heinous adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
heinous
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ˈheɪnəs
/
/
[
usually before noun
]
(
formal
)
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morally very bad
a heinous crime
heinously
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adverb
heinousness
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noun
[
uncountable
]
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heinous
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