heinous act

Frequency: 7.10.8 per million words

Used to describe a profoundly wicked or shocking action.

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Examples (10)

  • The court condemned the defendant for his heinous act of violence.
  • Historians still debate the motivations behind such a heinous act.
  • Forgiveness can be difficult in the face of such a heinous act.
  • The community has been shaken by this heinous act of cruelty.
  • We must ensure that such a heinous act is never repeated.
  • Committing such a heinous act requires a complete lack of empathy.
  • The dictator was responsible for numerous heinous acts against his own people.
  • A memorial was built to remember the victims of that heinous act.
  • How could anyone justify such a heinous act?
  • The novel's villain is defined by a single heinous act that changes everything.