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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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. Carlos Mera:

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

2. David Borenstein:

   Bush Sr. was a jerk, Quayle an idiot, Clinton was atrocious and disgusting, most of those who persecuted him were hypocritical, Gore is shallow and weak, Bradley is an idealist, Bush Jr. a fool, and all of the independent candidates act like they're on drugs.

3. Byron Donalds:

   Honestly, I think Big Tech is a joke at this point. You know, if you were going to censor conservatives with their thoughts about, you know, vaccines or their thoughts about, you know, the 2020 elections, but you're not going to take the Russians off the platform who are literally putting out disinformation - not misinformation, disinformation about what's happened in Ukraine ? I think Big Tech's Big Tech, i think Big Tech's atrocious. They need to actually be consistent. If they were consistent, nobody would have a problem. But the issue is that they're being politically subjective simply because, in my view, they support Democrats and a liberal ideology in a liberal agenda.

4. Congressman Mulvaney:

   My guess is worse stuff is going to come out in the last 30 days, they've got more videotapes. Everything the guy's ever said is on a videotape or an audio tape. There is going to be some atrocious things that are gon na come out. That's not going to make Hillary Clinton a good candidate for president.

5. Keith Vaz:

   Europe’s efforts to address this colossal refugee crisis have been lamentable, the atrocious conditions in migrant camps within and on the borders of the richest countries on earth is a source of shame.

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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