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HEINOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heinousness mean?
• HEINOUSNESS (noun)
The noun HEINOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
Familiarity information: HEINOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
atrociousness; atrocity; barbarity; barbarousness; heinousness
Hypernyms ("heinousness" is a kind of...):
inhumaneness; inhumanity (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)
Derivation:
heinous (extremely wicked, deeply criminal)
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