Definitions for atrocious
əˈtroʊ ʃəsatro·cious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrousadjective

   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. atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakableadjective

   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. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, uglyadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. atrociousadjective

   frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous

   Prisons have been the sites of atrocious mistreatment of prisoners.

2. atrociousadjective

   offensive or heinous

3. atrociousadjective

   very bad; abominable or disgusting

   Their taste in clothes is just atrocious.

4. Etymology: From atrox, from ater.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ATROCIOUSadjective

   Wicked in a high degree; enormous; horribly criminal.

   Etymology: atrox, Lat.

   An advocate is necessary, and therefore audience ought not to be denied him in defending causes, unless it be an atrocious offence. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

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1. atrocious

   Atrocious is an adjective used to describe something extremely bad or unpleasant, horrific or appalling in nature or quality. It often refers to acts that are cruel, brutal, or exceedingly wrong.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Atrociousadjective

   extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds

2. Atrociousadjective

   characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity

3. Atrociousadjective

   very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of atrocious in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of atrocious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of atrocious in a Sentence

1. Mo Canady:

   What happened last Monday is atrocious. I dont now how someone who wears a uniform, like I used to do, could get to that point. Thats evil, but ... I think theres some shortsightedness here. When its done right, the SRO program really is the epitome of community-based policing. I hate to see the baby thrown out with the bathwater.

2. Josh Hart:

   We could have come out with more energy, defensively we were atrocious.

3. Joe Biden:

   Trump spent vital weeks praising China's response as successful and transparent while deceiving the American people about the extreme threat we faced and failing to prepare our country, china played Donald Trump for a sucker, and now all of us are paying an atrocious price for his malpractice.

4. Heiko Maas:

   Germany bears responsibility for the most atrocious crime of human history.

5. Carlos Mera:

   The weather has been atrocious for coffee, especially in Brazil.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=atrocious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Atrocious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=atrocious
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atrocious
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=atrocious