different between diabolic vs heinous
diabolic
English
Alternative forms
- diabolick (obsolete)
Etymology
First attested between 1350 and 1400 from Middle English diabolik, from Middle French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (diabolikós, “devilish”), from ???????? (diábolos, “devil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?da???b?l?k/
Adjective
diabolic (comparative more diabolic, superlative most diabolic)
- Showing wickedness typical of a devil.
- diabolic magic square
- a cunning and diabolic plot
- Extremely evil or cruel.
- fires lit up a diabolic scene
Synonyms
- devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean
- demonic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy
Derived terms
- diabolical
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “diabolic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- biocidal
Romanian
Etymology
From French diabolique, from Latin diabolicus.
Adjective
diabolic m or n (feminine singular diabolic?, masculine plural diabolici, feminine and neuter plural diabolice)
- diabolical
Declension
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heinous
English
Etymology
From Old French haïneus (compare French haineux) from haïr (“to hate”), hadir (“to hate”) (compare Old French enhadir (“to become filled with hate”)), from Frankish *hattjan (“to hate”)
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?he?n?s/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?hi?n?s/
- Rhymes: -e?n?s
Adjective
heinous (comparative more heinous, superlative most heinous)
- Totally reprehensible.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "heinous" is often applied: crime, act, sin, murder, offence.
Synonyms
- (totally reprehensible): abominable, horrible, odious
Antonyms
- unheinous (rare)
Derived terms
- unheinous
- heinous crime
Translations
Anagrams
- in house, in-house, inhouse
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