📖 Definitions of "Atrocious"
adjective
- 1
Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
"Prisons have been the sites of atrocious mistreatment of prisoners."
- 2
Offensive or heinous.
- 3
Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
"Their taste in clothes is just atrocious."
🔄 Synonyms of "Atrocious"
18 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| grievous | Serious, grave, dire, or dangerous. |
| evilnoun | Intending to harm; malevolent. |
| wicked | Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible. |
| flagitious | (literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal. |
| heinous | Bad, evil or villainous. |
| dreadfulnoun | Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky. |
| alarming | Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening. |
| badnoun | Of low quality. |
| awfulnoun | Very bad. |
| abominable | Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. |
| monstrous | Hideous or frightful. |
| terrible | Very unpleasant; disagreeable. |
| painful | Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. |
| frightful | Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming. |
| uglynoun | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
| horriblenoun | Causing horror; terrible; shocking. |
| horrifying | Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific. |
| unspeakablenoun | Impossible to speak about. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Atrocious"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dreadful | Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky. |
| terrible | Very unpleasant; disagreeable. |
| heinous | Bad, evil or villainous. |
| horrible | Causing horror; terrible; shocking. |
| awful | Very bad. |
| horrifying | Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific. |
| monstrous | Hideous or frightful. |
| abominable | Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. |
| grievous | Serious, grave, dire, or dangerous. |
| frightful | Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming. |
| alarming | Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening. |
| evil | Intending to harm; malevolent. |
| flagitious | (literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal. |
| ugly | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
| painful | Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. |
| wicked | Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible. |
| bad | Of low quality. |
| unspeakable | Impossible to speak about. |
| horrendous | Extremely bad; awful; terrible. |
| god-awful | (US, slang, derogatory) Extremely awful, unpleasant or dreadful. |
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