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English to English adjective
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Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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shockingly brutal or cruel | | Example: murder is an atrocious crime
a grievous offense against morality
a grievous crime
no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
source: wordnet30
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exceptionally bad or displeasing | | Example: atrocious taste
abominable workmanship
an awful voice
dreadful manners
a painful performance
terrible handwriting
an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
source: wordnet30
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provoking horror | | Example: an atrocious automobile accident
a frightful crime of decapitation
an alarming, even horrifying, picture
war is beyond all words horrible
an ugly wound
source: wordnet30
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