1. Shockingly brutal or cruel
   "murder is an atrocious crime"
   - flagitious, grievous, monstrous 
2. Exceptionally bad or displeasing
   "atrocious taste"
   - abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable 
3. Provoking horror
   "an atrocious automobile accident"
   - frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly

See also: alarming, atrocity, bad, evil

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