heinous

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Recent Examples of heinous That hideous incentive triggered My Lai and other similarly heinous attacks. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025 In the original series, Dexter was a forensics technician who targeted the most heinous of criminals. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 When Yung Felon’s identity is revealed, his music blows up with billions of streams, and new fans flock to support him despite his heinous crimes. Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 15 Aug. 2025 Regimes, often in the press for their heinous violations of human rights, destabilizing global order and peace, are some of the worst offenders. Miles P. J. Windsor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heinous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heinous
Adjective
  • Right-wing politicians have long used horrific crime stories – particularly those featuring Black suspects and White victims – to make broader criticisms of Democrats as soft on crime.
    Wesley Bruer, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The surveillance footage of the horrific attack was released by the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) over the weekend, FOX News reported.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But everything changes when a string of gruesome killings—which grow increasingly bizarre, with victims covered in rashes and found in deranged, violent states—involves his young daughter Hyo-jin (Kim Hwan-hee).
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • TikTok prohibits gory, gruesome or extremely violent clips.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The sickening moment of Kirk's murder was captured on video and has been viewed by tens of millions of people.
    Melissa Galbraith, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The song comments on the sickening glee that’s been spread in some corners in the aftermath of Kirk’s death.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Chicago Bears suffered a shocking Week 1 loss, blowing a 17-6 fourth quarter lead at home against the division rival Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football.
    Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Iryna was killed while sitting peacefully, an innocent life taken in a shocking and brutal way.
    Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This behavior is disgusting and they should be fired.
    Zach LaChance, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
  • And yet … those conversations are also entertainingly provocative, and they’re accompanied by some of the scariest and most disgusting scenes the series has delivered up to now.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Overall, this wasn’t a terrible episode, but having our heroes start in the UK and then end up in Spain in the first episode felt rushed and wasteful.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Both men are good, both men are bad and both men have made terrible mistakes.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The horrible accident — later determined to be caused by pilot error — remains the deadliest plane crash in Charlotte history.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But then came a horrible deep-ball attempt intended for Stefon Diggs that Isaiah Pola-Mao intercepted.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This comes after Sunday's ugly loss to the Indianapolis Colts, a game that saw Hill catch just four passes for 40 yards.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a hard reality to stomach for Giants fans, who had to watch their offense go 4-for-16 on third downs, pile up just 157 passing yards and finish with six points in an ugly loss to the Commanders.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Heinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heinous. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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