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atrocious
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Meaning atrocious meaning
What does atrocious mean?
Definitions in simple English
atrocious
Adjective
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Something that is atrocious is of a very bad quality or is disgusting.
The movie's acting was atrocious.
The weather has been atrocious all week.
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Something that is atrocious is evil or cruel.
It is well known that the prison's treatment of prisoners is atrocious.
atrocious
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adjective
(= grievous, monstrous)
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
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adjective
(= abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable)
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
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adjective
(= frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly)
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
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