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[ uh-troh-shuhs ] / əˈtroʊ ʃəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR atrocious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveextremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime. shockingly bad or tasteless; dreadful; abominable: an atrocious painting; atrocious manners. Origin of atrociousFirst recorded in 1660–70; atroci(ty) + -ous SYNONYMS FOR atrocious1 felonious, heinous, monstrous, diabolic, devilish. 2 execrable; detestable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR atrocious ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM atrociousa·tro·cious·ly, adverba·tro·cious·ness, nounWords nearby atrociousatrioventricular septum, atrip, at risk, atrium, atroceruleous, atrocious, atrocious assault and battery, atrocity, à trois, atrophedema, atrophia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for atrociousCondemning them obscures the larger message to be taken from this atrocious crime. The Fear That Killed Eight Ebola Workers|Abby Haglage|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST On spending and economic issues, he was atrocious and hypocritical in all the ways that a Republican can be. Now Let’s Replace All the Other Big-Spending Eric Cantors|Nick Gillespie|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Plus, his remake history is a mixed bag, with the solid True Grit and the atrocious Oldboy. Robert Pattinson as Indiana Jones? Here Are Our Picks to Fill Harrison Ford’s Fedora|Marlow Stern|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Republicans were caught off-guard all campaign long and their response was atrocious. Win Women, Win the Midterms|Kristen Soltis Anderson|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The cutbacks that have been done to social and mental health services is atrocious,” she said. Vegan Strippers Let It All Hang Out|Kelly Williams Brown|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST He then bent his eye sternly upon the group of bailiffs, especially upon the rude ruffian, Grimes, whose conduct was so atrocious. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent|William Carleton The record of England in relation to Ireland, is one of the most atrocious known to the history of mankind. To be atrocious within the rules was to create a new and thrilling sensation. A History of French Literature|Edward Dowden It would seem that his atrocious conduct has not prevented the Spaniards from promoting him. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 22, April 8, 1897|Various Worst of all in that final disintegration of his great soul was the interest he took in the atrocious frauds of spiritualism. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2|Rupert Hughes
British Dictionary definitions for atrocious
adjectiveextremely cruel or wicked; ruthlessatrocious deeds horrifying or shockingan atrocious road accident informal very bad; detestableatrocious writing Derived forms of atrociousatrociously, adverbatrociousness, nounWord Origin for atrociousC17: from Latin ātrōx dreadful, from āter black Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to atrociousscandalous, rotten, heinous, lousy, barbaric, awful, shocking, dreadful, horrid, terrible, appalling, horrible, horrifying, bad, beastly, desperate, diabolical, fiendish, flagrant, gross |