atrocious

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adjective

1. 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
• Syn:
flagitious, grievous, monstrous
• Similar to:
evil
• Derivationally related forms:
monster (for: monstrous), monstrosity (for: monstrous), atrocity, atrociousness
2. 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
• Syn:
abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
• Similar to:
bad
• Derivationally related forms:
terribleness (for: terrible), dreadfulness (for: dreadful), awfulness (for: awful)
3. 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
• Syn:
frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
• Similar to:
alarming
• Derivationally related forms:
frightfulness (for: frightful)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable, flagitious, grievous, monstrous