atrocious
1. [ adjective ] exceptionally bad or displeasing
Synonyms: awful unspeakable terrible dreadful painful abominable
Examples:

"atrocious taste" "abominable workmanship" "an awful voice" "dreadful manners" "a painful performance" "terrible handwriting" "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

Related terms: bad
2. [ adjective ] shockingly brutal or cruel
Synonyms: monstrous grievous heinous flagitious
Examples:

"murder is an atrocious crime" "a grievous offense against morality" "a grievous crime" "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

Related terms: evil
3. [ adjective ] provoking horror
Synonyms: frightful horrible horrifying ugly
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: alarming
Similar spelling:   atrociously
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