atrocious

Adjective Satellite

• shockingly brutal or cruel
  • "murder is an atrocious crime"
• exceptionally bad or displeasing
  • "atrocious taste"
• provoking horror; ; ; ; - Winston Churchill
  • "an atrocious automobile accident"

Adj

• Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
• Offensive or heinous.
• Very bad; abominable, disgusting.

Examples

• Prisons have been the sites of atrocious mistreatment of prisoners.
• Their taste in clothes is just atrocious.

Synonyms

abominable, awful, dreadful, flagitious, frightful, grievous, horrible, horrifying, monstrous, painful, terrible, ugly, unspeakable

Related Words

atrocity, atrous