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heinousness

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hei·nous  (hns)
adj.
Grossly wicked or reprehensible; abominable: a heinous crime.
[Middle English, from Old French haineus, from haine, hatred, from hair, to hate, from Frankish *hatjan.]
heinous·ly adv.
heinous·ness n.
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Noun1.heinousnessheinousness - the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness
inhumaneness, inhumanity - the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
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heinousness
n → Abscheulichkeit f


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Nor are the most conscientious compilations of Natural History for the benefit of the young and tender, free from the same heinousness of mistake.
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