Definition of atrocious Atrocious
/ʌtɹowˈʃʌs/ - [utrowshus] - a•tro•cious
We found 11 definitions of atrocious from 5 different sources.
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What does atrocious mean?
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| atrocious - 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" | ||
| flagitious, grievous, monstrous | ||
| evil morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" | ||
| atrocious - 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" | ||
| abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable | ||
| bad feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night" | ||
| atrocious - 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" | ||
| frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly | ||
| alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger | ||
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Wiktionary 
- atrocious (Adjective)
frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous. - atrocious (Adjective)
offensive or heinous. - atrocious (Adjective)
Very bad; abominable or disgusting.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- atrocious (a.)
Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds. - atrocious (a.)
Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity. - atrocious (a.)
Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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atrocious
Totally reprehensible.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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atrocious
a-trō′shus, adj. extremely cruel or wicked: heinous: very grievous: execrable.—adv. Atrō′ciously.—ns. Atrō′ciousness; Atroc′ity, atrociousness: an atrocious act. [L. atrox, atrocis, cruel—ater, black.]
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