heinous

== English == === Alternative forms === hainous (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English hainous, from Old French haïneus (compare French haineux) from haïr (“to hate”), hadir (“to hate”) (compare Old French enhadir (“to become filled with hate”)), from Frankish *hattjan (“to hate”) The fluctuation between pronunciations with /eɪ/ and /iː/ is old; the former reflects adoption of an unmonophthongised pronunciation of Old French -ai-, while the latter reflects a monophthongised form. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈheɪnəs/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhiːnəs/ Rhymes: -eɪnəs === Adjective === heinous (comparative more heinous, superlative most heinous) Totally reprehensible. Bad, evil or villainous. ==== Synonyms ==== (totally reprehensible): abominable, horrible, odious ==== Antonyms ==== unheinous (rare) ==== Derived terms ==== heinously heinousness unheinous ==== Related terms ==== hate ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== === Anagrams === in house, in-house, inhouse