Severe, burdensome, oppressive. Of a crime, harmful quality, etc.: gross, flagrant.

Of a fault, crime, sin, etc.: Involving a grave degree of guilt, deserving heavy penalties. In later use chiefly with stronger sense: Atrocious…

Of actions, character, principles, etc.: Extremely wicked or criminal: heinous, villainous.

Full of grossness.

figurative. Of an offence (after Isaiah i. 18), hence occasionally of an offender: Heinous, deep-dyed.

Characterized by savage enormity; excessively and wantonly cruel; heinously wicked. of actions.

Atrocious.

figurative. Characterized by richness or abundance; splendid, glorious; (of emotion) deeply felt or extravagantly expressed; (of literary…