atrocious

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atrocious Definition

• (s) shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
• (s) exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
• (s) provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

atrocious Synonyms

• abominable
• atrocious
• awful
• dreadful
• flagitious
• frightful
• grievous
• heinous
• horrible
• horrifying
• monstrous
• painful
• terrible
• ugly
• unspeakable