Any murder is gruesome but this one was especially heinous.
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Heinous
Synonyms for "heinous" (172 found)
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Strong matches (51)
Related words (86)
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- անպետք adj (totally reprehensible)
- գարշելի adj (totally reprehensible)
- զարհուրելի adj (totally reprehensible)
- զզվելի adj (totally reprehensible)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гнусен adj (totally reprehensible)
- отвратителен adj (totally reprehensible)
Czech
2 entries- odporný adj (totally reprehensible)
- ohavný adj (totally reprehensible)
Danish
4 entries- afskyelig adj (totally reprehensible)
- frygtelig adj (totally reprehensible)
- grufuld adj (totally reprehensible)
- motbydelig adj (totally reprehensible)
Dutch
4 entries- afgrijselijk adj (totally reprehensible)
- afschrikwekkend adj (totally reprehensible)
- afschuwelijk adj (totally reprehensible)
- verschrikkelijk adj (totally reprehensible)
Faroese
1 entries- andstyggiligur adj (totally reprehensible)
Finnish
3 entries- hirvittävä adj (totally reprehensible)
- katala adj (totally reprehensible)
- kauhea adj (totally reprehensible)
French
1 entries- atroce adj (totally reprehensible)
Galician
1 entries- atroz adj (totally reprehensible)
German
2 entries- abscheulich adj (totally reprehensible)
- verabscheuungswürdig adj (totally reprehensible)
Greek
4 entries- απεχθής adj (totally reprehensible)
- αποτρόπαιος adj (totally reprehensible)
- μισητός adj (totally reprehensible)
- στυγερός adj (totally reprehensible)
Hungarian
2 entries- förtelmes adj (totally reprehensible)
- szörnyű adj (totally reprehensible)
Icelandic
1 entries- viðbjóðslegur adj (totally reprehensible)
Italian
3 entries- abominevole adj (totally reprehensible)
- efferato adj (totally reprehensible)
- odioso adj (totally reprehensible)
Kazakh
2 entries- жексұрын adj (totally reprehensible)
- пасық adj (totally reprehensible)
Māori
2 entries- mōrihariha adj (totally reprehensible)
- whakarihariha adj (totally reprehensible)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- avskyelig adj (totally reprehensible)
- motbydelig adj (totally reprehensible)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- avskyeleg adj (totally reprehensible)
Portuguese
1 entries- hediondo adj (totally reprehensible)
Russian
3 entries- гну́сный adj (totally reprehensible)
- ме́рзкий adj (totally reprehensible)
- отврати́тельный adj (totally reprehensible)
Spanish
1 entries- atroz adj (totally reprehensible)
Swedish
4 entries- avskyvärd adj (totally reprehensible)
- förfärlig adj (totally reprehensible)
- ohygglig adj (totally reprehensible)
- skändlig adj (totally reprehensible)
Ukrainian
3 entries- жахли́вий adj (totally reprehensible)
- мерзе́нний adj (totally reprehensible)
- оги́дний adj (totally reprehensible)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom was the victim of a heinous crime.
Source: tatoeba (2457441)
Spoiling an ending is a heinous crime against humanity.
Source: tatoeba (3449922)
Fadil committed a heinous crime in the name of love.
Source: tatoeba (5839529)
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