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a·tro·cious

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–adjective

1.	extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.

2.	shockingly bad or tasteless; dreadful; abominable: an atrocious painting; atrocious manners.

[Origin: 1660–70; atroci(ty) + -ous

]

—Related forms

a·tro·cious·ly, adverb

a·tro·cious·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. felonious, heinous, monstrous, diabolical, devilish. 2. execrable; detestable.

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a·tro·cious Audio Help (ə-trō'shəs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Extremely evil or cruel; monstrous: an atrocious crime.
Exceptionally bad; abominable: atrocious decor; atrocious behavior.

[From Latin atrōx, atrōc-, frightful, cruel; see āter- in Indo-European roots.]

a·tro'cious·ly adv., a·tro'cious·ness n.

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atrocious
adjective
1.	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"
2.	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"
3.	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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atrocious1 [əˈtrəuʃəs] adjective

very bad
Example: Your handwriting is atrocious.

Arabic:	فَظيع، سَيّء جِداً
Chinese (Simplified):	恶劣的；遭透的
Chinese (Traditional):	惡劣的；遭透的
Czech:	úděsný, strašný
Danish:	rædselsfuld; frygtelig
Dutch:	afschuwelijk
Estonian:	jõle
Finnish:	hirveä
French:	affreux
German:	furchtbar
Greek:	αισχρός, κάκιστος
Hungarian:	szörnyű
Icelandic:	skelfilegur, hörmulegur
Indonesian:	buruk sekali
Italian:	orribile

Japanese:	ひどい
Korean:	지독한
Latvian:	drausmīgs; šausmīgs
Lithuanian:	siaubingas
Norwegian:	grusom, fæl
Polish:	okropny
Portuguese (Brazil):	atroz
Portuguese (Portugal):	ruim
Romanian:	oribil
Russian:	отвратительный
Slovak:	strašný
Slovenian:	grozen
Spanish:	atroz, pésimo
Swedish:	gräslig, förfärlig
Turkish:	çok kötü, berbat

atrocious2 [əˈtrəuʃəs] adjective

extremely cruel
Example: an atrocious crime

Arabic:	وَحْشي، أثيم، مُرَوِّع
Chinese (Simplified):	残暴的
Chinese (Traditional):	殘暴的
Czech:	surový, brutální
Danish:	grusom; rædselsfuld
Dutch:	afgrijselijk
Estonian:	metsik
Finnish:	raaka
French:	atroce
German:	scheußlich
Greek:	βάρβαρος, απάνθρωπος, ωμός
Hungarian:	kegyetlen
Icelandic:	grimmilegur, hryllilegur
Indonesian:	sangat kejam
Italian:	atroce

Japanese:	残虐な
Korean:	극악한
Latvian:	nežēlīgs; zvērīgs
Lithuanian:	žiaurus, kraupus
Norwegian:	grusom, redselsfull
Polish:	ohydny
Portuguese (Brazil):	atroz
Portuguese (Portugal):	atroz
Romanian:	atroce
Russian:	жестокий
Slovak:	brutálny
Slovenian:	ostuden
Spanish:	atroz
Swedish:	ohygglig
Turkish:	acımasız, zalim

See also: atrocity

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Atrocious

A*tro"cious\, a. [L. atrox, atrocis, cruel, fierce: cf. F. atroce.]

1. Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.

2. Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.

Revelations . . . so atrocious that nothing in history approaches them. --De Quincey.

3. Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers. [Obs.] --Cheyne.

Syn: Atrocious, Flagitious, Flagrant.

Usage: Flagitious points to an act as grossly wicked and vile; as, a flagitious proposal. Flagrant marks the vivid impression made upon the mind by something strikingly wrong or erroneous; as, a flagrant misrepresentation; a flagrant violation of duty. Atrocious represents the act as springing from a violent and savage spirit. If Lord Chatham, instead of saying "the atrocious crime of being a young man," had used either of the other two words, his irony would have lost all its point, in his celebrated reply to Sir Robert Walpole, as reported by Dr. Johnson. -- A*tro"cious*ly, adv. -- A*tro"cious*ness, n.

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