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- Is this the correct pronunciation of heinous in any English-speaking . . .
This past week, while speaking about the tragedy in Tucson, numerous Americans have used the word “heinous” [pronounced HAY-nus] to describe Jared Loughner’s crime No surprise there What has amazed me is the number of prominent and well-educated people who have mispronounced that word, including University of Arizona President Robert
- Use of the term Cowardly Act in regards to violence
There are words which are like bravery but which express some degree of the speaker's disagreement with the morals, ideology or manners of the subject, words such as: impudence, gall, nerve, audacity, brazenness, insolence or effrontery Sometimes heinous perpetrators have such qualities, and sometimes they are cowards
- Difference between hideous, odious and obnoxious [closed]
I wonder about the difference between 'hideous', 'odious' and 'obnoxious' All three of them share the following definition at oxforddictionaries com Extremely unpleasant While I know that 'hideo
- What is the word for the wrongdoing that one committed to do another . . .
The emphasis is on the heinous misdeed conducted by someone against who the victim holds strong resentment and eagerness to revenge himself on Like the reason for Hamlet to kill his uncle Or the past event that caused generations of mutual enmity between the two clans of Romeo and Juliet Here's the samples to show how I would use this word:
- What is the origin of the phrase beyond the pale?
Pale in this idiom comes from Latin pālus 'stake'; it means a fencepost, and by ordinary extension it also means the fence itselt, and the area it contains or delimits So beyond the pale just means "outside the boundaries" Normally, of course, the "boundaries" are metaphors for human activities, rather than referring to a physically bounded location
- Was the word that is now considered a slur against Japanese people ever . . .
From "Komatsu and the Coon: A Japanese Convicted of a Heinous Offense" in the Los Angeles [California] Herald (September 12, 1899): She [Mrs Johnson] testified that when she entered her room she found that the defendant [Komatsu] had thrown her daughter across a trunk and held his hand over her mouth, while her dress was disarranged
- pejorative language - What is the negative connotation of great . . .
Heinous - of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked "a battery of heinous crimes" From Middle French ‘haine’ meaning ‘hate’
- single word requests - Formal alternative to bullsh-t - English . . .
What is a reasonable formal alternative to 'bullshit'? For example: Bob isn't making a very good argument In fact everything he says is bullshit What can 'bullshit' be replaced with that is a
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