Adjective: atrocious u'trow-shus
- Shockingly brutal or cruel
"murder is an atrocious crime";
- flagitious, grievous, monstrous
- Exceptionally bad or displeasing
"atrocious taste";
- abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable, horrible
- Provoking horror
"an atrocious automobile accident";
- frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
Encyclopedia: Atrocious