atrocious
Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrousFrightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
» The smell is atrocious.
Запах отвратительный.
Meaning
3 sensesFrightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
Prisons have been the sites of atrocious mistreatment of prisoners.
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зве́рскийzvérskij, жесто́кийžestókij
shockingly brutal or cruel
Offensive or heinous.
ужа́сныйužásnyj, гну́сныйgnúsnyj
Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
Their taste in clothes is just atrocious.
отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj, омерзи́тельныйomerzítelʹnyj, гну́сныйgnúsnyj
exceptionally bad or displeasing
Examples
21 sentencesThe smell is atrocious.
ruЗапах отвратительный.
I think it's atrocious.
The weather yesterday certainly was atrocious.
deDas gestrige Wetter war in der Tat abscheulich.
Lucy's cute, but she's got an atrocious character.
ruЛюся симпатичная, но у нее ужасный характер.
deLucy ist hübsch, aber sie hat einen scheußlichen Charakter.
Tom is a wonderful storyteller, but his spelling is atrocious.
ruТом - прекрасный рассказчик, но с правописанием у него катастрофа.
deTom kann wunderschön erzählen, aber seine Rechtschreibung ist eine Katastrophe.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
From Latin atrōx (“cruel, fierce, frightful”) + -ious.From Latin atrōx (“cruel, fierce, frightful”) + -ious.
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Forms
more atrocious, most atrocious| Comparative | more atrocious Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most atrocious Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
14 synonyms- provoking horror:frightfulhorrifyinghorribleugly
- exceptionally bad or displeasing:abominableawfuldreadfulpainfulterribleunspeakable
- shockingly brutal or cruel:flagitiousgrievousmonstrous
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form