atrocious

CEFRC2

/əˈtɹəʊ.ʃəs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Extremely bad, unpleasant, or cruel.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Offensive or heinous.

Examples

  • Lucy's cute, but she's got an atrocious character.

  • He has atrocious table manners.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /əˈtɹoʊ.ʃəs/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Very bad; abominable, disgusting.

  2. Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.

More examples

In context

  • Prisons have been the sites of atrocious mistreatment of prisoners.

  • Their taste in clothes is just atrocious.

  • I had resolved in my own mind, that to create another like the fiend I had first made would be an act of the basest and most atrocious selfishness; and I banished from my mind every thought that could lead to a different conclusion.

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Origin

adjective

From Latin atrōx (“cruel, fierce, frightful”) + -ious.