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atrocious
01
intensely cruel or violent
Examples
The atrocious behavior of the bullies left lasting emotional scars on their victims.
02
extremely bad or unacceptable in quality or nature
Disapproving
Formal
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most atrocious
Comparative
more atrocious
gradable
Examples
I ca n't believe how atrocious this translation is; it barely resembles the original text.
Lexical Tree
atrociously
atrociousness
atrocious
