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HEINOUSNESS

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

• HEINOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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