heinous

heinous

1. Abhorrent; monstrous. He should definitely go to jail for all the heinous crimes he's committed.
2. slang Very bad; terrible. Whoa, that's one heinous hairdo! Your mom won't let you come out with us tonight? Ugh, heinous.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

heinous

n. bad; bad-looking; horrible, as in heinous crime. (A standard English word, used in a slangy context.) Where on earth did you get hat heinous outfit?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • (something) shouldn't happen to a dog
  • shouldn
  • shouldn’t happen to a dog
  • shouldn't happen to a dog
  • to the end of (one's) days
  • away
  • def
  • double buffalo
  • take it easy
  • take it/things easy
References in periodicals archive
At least 1,914 prisoners convicted of heinous crimes have been granted release since 2014.
10592, it was stated that 'persons charged with heinous crimes are excluded from the coverage' of the law.
The President also asked the 1,700 heinous crime convicts who have been released to surrender in 15 days.
'It is clear that after hearings conducted by both houses of Congress that amendments to the GCTA law are needed due to the confusion surrounding its provisions, particularly on the issue pertaining to those convicted of heinous crimes,' Abante said.
A heinous crime against our people; how is it possible to train a human and ask him to go and blow himself (up) inside a wedding?!!" Sediq Seddiqi, Spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani, said in a Twitter post.
Barbers earlier filed House Bill 2026 seeking to reimpose the death penalty on certain heinous crimes.
To waive off capital punishment for those who are convicted of heinous crimes abroad would also go against what this country stands for.
We can sensitise our children to the threats of sexual assault, but how can we protect them from such heinous crime?
Addressing a press conference at his office here on Wednesday, SP Sadar Division Ahsan Saifullah said that the accused, Khadam Hussain alias Khadami, was involved in different cases including heinous crimes from 1971.
Addressing a press conference at his office here on Wednesday, SP Sadar Division Ahsan Saifullah said that the accused,Khadam Hussain alias Khadami, was involved in different cases including heinous crimes from 1971.
"The Syrian Arab Republic condemns in strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack which targeted a bus transporting members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards causing the martyrdom of a number of them and inuring others," An official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement to SANA on Thursday
Terrorists will be given unforgettable lesson for their heinous act."
He said that following intelligence information, policeconducted raid at houses in Hasilpur and Khairpur Tamewali areas and arrested three suspects involved in heinous crimes.
KARACHI -- Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh Tuesday directed officials to launch a massive crackdown on drug pushers and those involved in other heinous crimes in Sindh province.