atrocious, adj.
provoking horror
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atrocious frightful horrible horrifying ugly
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"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"
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
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abominable atrocious awful dreadful painful terrible unspeakable
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"atrocious taste""abominable workmanship"
"an awful voice"
"dreadful manners"
"a painful performance"
"terrible handwriting"
"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
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shockingly brutal or cruel
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atrocious flagitious grievous monstrous
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"murder is an atrocious crime""a grievous offense against morality"
"a grievous crime"
"no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
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