atrocious
extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.
shockingly bad or tasteless; dreadful; abominable: an atrocious painting; atrocious manners.
Origin of atrocious
1Other words for atrocious
Other words from atrocious
- a·tro·cious·ly, adverb
- a·tro·cious·ness, noun
Words Nearby atrocious
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How to use atrocious in a sentence
It’s no wonder that so many industries have atrocious cybersecurity.
Inside the plan to fix America’s never-ending cybersecurity failures | Patrick Howell O'Neill | March 18, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewKyler Murray panicked often, refused to take easy yards on scrambles and flopped in his playoff debut, including an atrocious pick-six underhand fling from his own end zone.
What to know from the NFL playoffs: Mike McCarthy is in trouble and Josh Allen is a bad man | Adam Kilgore | January 18, 2022 | Washington PostThose are epically atrocious numbers that demonstrate a continued downward trend over the last several decades.
Why I’m Not Fishing the Grande Ronde River This Year | abarronian | October 16, 2021 | Outside OnlineIf someone is the same person that committed an atrocious crime, that person will correctly not be found suitable for release.
Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of Robert F. Kennedy assassination, seeks parole with no opposition from prosecutors | Tom Jackman | August 25, 2021 | Washington PostLook around for reviews of these sport earbuds and you’ll find a surprising disparity between great and atrocious.
Jaybird Run wireless earbud review: solid sound for your sweat and swole sessions | empire | June 24, 2021 | Popular-Science
Condemning them obscures the larger message to be taken from this atrocious crime.
Or maybe, just maybe, The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell is just plain atrocious.
How Bad Was 'The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story'? | Kevin Fallon | September 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn spending and economic issues, he was atrocious and hypocritical in all the ways that a Republican can be.
Now Let’s Replace All the Other Big-Spending Eric Cantors | Nick Gillespie | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPlus, his remake history is a mixed bag, with the solid True Grit and the atrocious Oldboy.
Robert Pattinson as Indiana Jones? Here Are Our Picks to Fill Harrison Ford’s Fedora | Marlow Stern | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRepublicans were caught off-guard all campaign long and their response was atrocious.
It was fortunate for the Chancellor that the calumnies of which he was the object were too atrocious to be mischievous.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayWhile visiting one of these, a low class trader arrived who had been guilty of atrocious conduct at Motito.
Robert Moffat | David J. DeaneThe Prince of Taranto, while speaking and acting like a cannibal, was following the inspiration of an atrocious policy.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueAgnes was often a visitor at Bungay, and not a little shocked at the atrocious after-dinner talk of the Bungay Radicals.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieBut the atrocious comedy of conjugal love, of unwearying happiness, when for so long I had loved you and thought of you alone!
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
British Dictionary definitions for atrocious
/ (əˈtrəʊʃəs) /
extremely cruel or wicked; ruthless: atrocious deeds
horrifying or shocking: an atrocious road accident
informal very bad; detestable: atrocious writing
Origin of atrocious
1Derived forms of atrocious
- atrociously, adverb
- atrociousness, noun
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