Synonyms for heinous
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Odious — totally reprehensible
odious, horrible, atrocious, wicked, abominable, nefarious, execrable, bad, iniquitous, shameful, outrageous, awful, monstrous, detestable, evil, grievous, hateful, shocking, damnable, flagrant, infamous, sinful
Other
flagitious formal
Definitions
- adj. 1
Totally reprehensible.
I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.
Related words
- Word family
- heinously heinousness
Example sentences
- horrible Something horrible happened about three hours ago.
- nefarious Nothing is more nefarious than hopelessness.
- abominable The Abominable Snowman is a Himalayan monster.
- odious He couldn't have thought of a more odious way to humiliate her.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- evil2
- 5 letters
- awful2
- 6 letters
- wicked2, sinful2, odious3
- 7 letters
- hateful2
- 8 letters
- horrible3, shocking2, infamous3, shameful2, grievous2, flagrant2, damnable
- 9 letters
- monstrous2, atrocious3, nefarious4, execrable4
- 10 letters
- outrageous3, abominable5, detestable, iniquitous, flagitious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).