Read full poem →attack offences, not as offences—the right view—against discipline, but
as sin, heinous guilt, I don’t know what beside! Why didn’t he flog them
and hold his tongue? Flog them he did, but why preach?’
Dictionary Entry
Totally reprehensible.
In a Sentence
“I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.”
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Poetry examples for “heinous”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Why should intent or reason, born in me,
Make sins, else equal, in me more heinous?
And Mercy being easy, and glorious