atrociousadjective
uk/əˈtrəʊ.ʃəs/us/əˈtroʊ.ʃəs/atrocious adjective (VERY BAD)
of very bad quality:
an atrocious film/piece of acting
The weather has been atrocious all week.
Conditions in the prison were atrocious.
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Not of good quality
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse for sth idiom
- apology
- awful
- badly
- be an apology for sth idiom
- clunky
- come/be a poor second, third, etc. idiom
- crappy
- downmarket
- downscale
- inadequate
- motley
- mouldy
- not set the world on fire idiom
- of sorts idiom
- tacky
- unattractive
- unimpressed
- weak sauce
- worst
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atrocious adjective (CRUEL)
violent and shocking:
an atrocious crime
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Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggro
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- atrocity
- bellicose
- confrontation
- desperate
- forced
- forcible
- frenzied
- gay-basher
- gory
- hostile
- sabre-rattling
- savage
- savagely
- savagery
- steep
- steeped in blood idiom
- strong-arm
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atrociously
adverb uk/əˈtrəʊ.ʃəs.li/us/əˈtroʊ.ʃəs.li/
The children have been behaving absolutely atrociously.