(Heinous means despicable, deplorable, or offensive.)"That is a heinous plan and you won't get away with it!""The group of heinous attackers was trying to assassinate the Pope.""He found the entire idea of torture heinous, and would not help with it."
Heinous means utterly wicked or evil. That is a heinous act and you should be arrested.
No. Heinous means unimaginably horrible.
I have a heinous disregard for the value of education.
The word "heinous" is an adjective. It is used to describe something that is shockingly evil or abhorrent.
There are many different kinds of assault. Spitting on someone is a kind of assault. Assault certainly can be a heinous crime if it is a severe kind of assault. If it is a minor assault, then the crime is not heinous.
The defendant was convicted of commiting a heinous crime.The criminal received the death penalty because the crime was so heinous.Their heinous acts resulted in several trials after the war ended.In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offences are considered especially heinous. (Law and Order SVU)
to be hated
Heinous means wicked or deeply criminal. It would mean the same thing in the Philippines. Examples of heinous crimes are crimes involving children, the elderly, or gruesome things done to someone's body.
A person who commits heinous acts is often referred to as a criminal, wrongdoer, or offender.
Grossly wicked or reprehensible
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