different between spoiled vs heinous

English

Alternative forms

• spoilt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??ld/
• Rhymes: -??ld

Verb

spoiled

1. simple past tense and past participle of spoil

Adjective

spoiled (comparative more spoiled, superlative most spoiled)

1. (of food) That has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
2. (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

Usage notes

• Much more common in the US than spoilt, while about as common as spoilt in UK.

Translations

Further reading

• spoiled at OneLook Dictionary Search
• spoiled, spoilt at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• despoil, diploes, diploës, dipoles, elopids, peloids, soliped

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