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ATROCIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Provoking horror
Example:
an ugly wound
Synonyms:
atrocious; frightful; horrible; horrifying; ugly
Classified under:
Similar:
alarming (frightening because of an awareness of danger)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exceptionally bad or displeasing
Example:
an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
Synonyms:
abominable; atrocious; awful; dreadful; painful; terrible; unspeakable
Classified under:
Similar:
bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Shockingly brutal or cruel
Example:
no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
Synonyms:
atrocious; flagitious; grievous; monstrous
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
evil (morally bad or wrong)
Derivation:
atrociousness (the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane)
atrocity (an act of atrocious cruelty)
atrocity (the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane)
