All atrocious synonyms
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A a adj atrocious
- scandalous β disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- rotten β decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- heinous β hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense.
- lousy β infested with lice.
- barbaric β If you describe someone's behaviour as barbaric, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- awful β If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
- shocking β causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- dreadful β causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- horrid β such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- terrible β distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- appalling β Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
- horrible β causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horrifying β to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- bad β If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- beastly β If you describe something as beastly, you mean that it is very unpleasant.
- desperate β If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- diabolical β If you describe something as diabolical, you are emphasizing that it is very bad, extreme, or unpleasant.
- fiendish β diabolically cruel and wicked.
- flagrant β shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- gross β without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- hairy β covered with hair; having much hair.
- monstrous β frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- nefarious β extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- villainous β having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
- wicked β evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- godawful β extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- grody β repulsive; disgusting; nauseating.
- detestable β If you say that someone or something is detestable, you mean you dislike them very much.
- disgusting β causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.
- foul β grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- icky β repulsive or distasteful.
- loathsome β causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- noisome β offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
- obscene β offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
- repulsive β causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask.
- sickening β causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance.
adjective atrocious
- brutal β A brutal act or person is cruel and violent.
- vicious β addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
- fearful β causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- cruel β Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- frightful β such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- vile β wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
- horrific β causing horror.
- horrendous β shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- hideous β horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- ghastly β shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
- dire β causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- offensive β causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.