heinous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈheɪnəs/|/ˈhiːnəs/    美 /ˈheɪnəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Totally reprehensible.
    — I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.
  2. Bad, evil or villainous.

词形变化

more heinous comparative most heinous superlative hainous alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

反义词
unheinous
衍生词
heinously heinousness unheinous
相关词
hate

词源

From Middle English hainous, from Old French haïneus (compare French haineux) from haïr (“to hate”), hadir (“to hate”) (compare Old French en-hadir (“to become filled with hate”)), from Frankish *hattjan (“to hate”) (compare Middle English hetien). More at 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.
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