Thesaurus / heinous
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France and Germany’s legal codes permit a form of universal jurisdiction, which allows their national courts to prosecute individuals accused of heinous offenses committed in any county.
SYRIAN MEDICS LAY OUT THE DEVASTATING SCALE OF ATTACKS ON HEALTHCARE FACILITIES OVER 10 YEARS OF WARJOSEPH HINCKSMARCH 3, 2021TIMEThose Republicans who defended him and his heinous acts will find history holds them to account.
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL WORTH HOLDING FOR HISTORYPETER ROSENSTEINFEBRUARY 18, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEDoctors, the FBI and local law enforcement are all called in to not only try to solve a medical mystery, but also a heinous crime.
WHAT TO WATCH ON THURSDAY: “LOCKED DOWN” ON HBO MAXNINA ZAFARJANUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThis is a heinous and violent assault on the heart of our democracy.
WOMAN DIES AFTER SHOOTING IN U.S. CAPITOL; D.C. NATIONAL GUARD ACTIVATED AFTER MOB BREACHES BUILDINGWASHINGTON POST STAFFJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEnvironmental criminals, authoritarian regimes, tax evaders and financial criminals, drug traffickers, wildlife poachers, and gun runners—all those responsible for the most heinous crimes have turned to anonymous shell companies.
CONGRESS JUST PASSED THE MOST IMPORTANT ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORM IN DECADES, BUT HARDLY ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT ITJAKEMETHDECEMBER 26, 2020FORTUNEHe was thrashed at school before the Jews and the hubshi, for the heinous crime of bringing home false reports of progress.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGIt was not a heinous sin, nor would it affect his moral character.
A FINAL RECKONINGG. A. HENTYNext she was heard discussing and excusing the most heinous crimes of which human nature can be guilty.
CHOICE READINGS FOR THE HOME CIRCLEANONYMOUSStill more heinous was the verdict based upon evidence which, if enough in quantity, was manifestly worthless in quality.
SIR WALTER RALEGHWILLIAM STEBBINGAll three were asked if their offences were not heinous, and if they had not been justly tried and lawfully condemned.
SIR WALTER RALEGHWILLIAM STEBBINGWORDS RELATED TO HEINOUS
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- abominable
- appalling
- awful
- beastly
- cruel
- detestable
- disagreeable
- disgusting
- dreadful
- eerie
- execrable
- fairy
- fearful
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- base
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- corrupt
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- scurvy
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- vile
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- wrong
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- alarming
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- beyond words
- calamitous
- defying description
- description
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- defying description
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- dire
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- evil
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- incommunicable
- inconceivable
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- base
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- egregious
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- ignominious
- ill-famed
- iniquitous
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- perverse
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- rotten
- scandalous
- scurvy
- shady
- shocking
- sorry
- unhealthy
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- wicked
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.