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nefarious (nuh FAIR ee uhs) (adjective), more nefarious, most nefarious
1. Conveying an utterly immoral or wicked behavior that is vile and atrocious: The two brothers were developing a nefarious scheme to cheat elderly people out of their money.
2.Characteristic of someone who or an activity that is extremely villainous, iniquitous, and heinous: A nefarious deed is an extremely wicked one which violates the laws of God and humans.

The nefarious acts of some terrorist groups; such as, showing the beheading of their captives, are outrageously wrong and should inspire the rest of the world to destroy such groups.
3. Etymology: from Latin nefarius, "impious, abominable"; from nefas, "wrong, sin, crime"; formed from ne-, "not" ("against") + fas, "divine law" + -ous, "having much, full of, abounding in".

Extremely wicked and atrociously sinful.
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Very villainous and detestable.
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