different between distressing vs heinous

distressing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??st??s??/

Adjective

distressing (comparative more distressing, superlative most distressing)

  1. Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

Translations

Verb

distressing

  1. present participle of distress

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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)

  1. 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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