Atrocious - Definition
atrocious
adj 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" [syn: atrocious, flagitious, grievous,
monstrous]
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" [syn:
atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful,
terrible, unspeakable]
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" [syn: atrocious,
frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]