noun
Meaning 1
The property of being heinous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
heinousness
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inhumaneness, inhumanity
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English heinous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English heinousness From heinous + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Georgian: საზიზღრობა (sazizɣroba) — the property of being heinous
- German: Schwärze — the property of being heinous
- Irish: gráiniúlacht — the property of being heinous
- Irish: fuafaireacht — the property of being heinous
- Irish: uafás — the property of being heinous