🇬🇧🇪🇸 heinous - atroz : English Lesson

Meaning of "heinous" ("atroz"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Heinous describes something that is extremely bad or wicked. It's much stronger than just saying something is bad; it means it's truly awful and can make people feel very upset or disgusted. Think of a villain in a story who does something incredibly mean – that would be a heinous act. It means something is terribly wrong and evil.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

It was heinous! She put ketchup on pancakes and called it “creative cooking.”

Waking up at 6 a.m. on a Saturday? Heinous. Truly evil.

The kids thought it was heinous when their parents made them eat broccoli for dessert.

That broccoli casserole was so heinous, even the dog ran away from it.

Wearing socks with sandals should be illegal... it’s just heinous.

A woman found her small garden burned: scorched roses, a smashed birdbath, a heinous scorch mark on the bench. She followed footprints to three boys laughing, smoke curling from a tiny, heinous flame. Their laughter was heinous. Their eyes held a heinous shine. Their deed was heinous. She dialed the police; the boys ran, and she cried with relief.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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