heinous

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hei·nous /ˈheɪnəs/ adjective formal  1  SHOCKBAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSvery shocking and immoral 极邪恶的，令人发指的 a heinous crime 滔天罪行2  American English spoken informal extremely bad 非常糟的 The food in the cafeteria is pretty heinous. 这家食堂的食物很糟糕。 —heinousness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

heinous• For agents, the new concern is that the heinous activity may be directed at them.• What purpose is served by such senseless and heinous acts?• The argument of all crackdown law is that it applies special, draconian measures to tackle some heinous crime.• We not only face the heinous crimes dead on, we face our fellow viewers.• The way he had misled her, Blanche thought, was heinous enough if his loyalty had lain with the same country.• Gough has not committed a heinous sin in Kurunegala.heinous crime• For Mankins, seeing Harris die was simple retribution for a heinous crime.• The argument of all crackdown law is that it applies special, draconian measures to tackle some heinous crime.• We not only face the heinous crimes dead on, we face our fellow viewers.Origin heinous (1300-1400) Old French haineus, from haine “hate”

hei·nous adjectiveChineseSyllable  

shocking and very Corpus immoral

heinous
hei‧nous /ˈheɪnəs/ adjective formal1. very shocking and immoral:
    a heinous crime
2. American English spoken informal extremely bad:
    The food in the cafeteria is pretty heinous.
—heinousness noun [uncountable]

hein·ousBrE /ˈheɪnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈheɪnəs/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] (formal) morally very bad 极恶毒的；道德败坏的◆a heinous crime十恶不赦的罪行▸ hein·ous·ly BrE /ˈheɪnəsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈheɪnəsli/ 🔊 adverb▸ hein·ous·ness BrE /ˈheɪnəsnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈheɪnəsnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]