atrocious

English

Etymology

From Latin atrox (“fierce, frightful, cruel”), from ater (“black”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊʃəs

Adjective

atrocious (comparative more atrocious, superlative most atrocious)

1. frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous

   Prisons have been the sites of atrocious mistreatment of prisoners.

2. offensive or heinous
3. very bad; abominable or disgusting

   Their taste in clothes is just atrocious.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "atrocious" is often applied: crime, act, murder, condition, spelling, grammar.

Related terms

• atrocity

Translations

evil, cruel

Bulgarian: жесток (bg), брутален (bg) Catalan: atroç (ca) Danish: grusom Dutch: vreselijk (nl), verschrikkelijk (nl), monsterlijk (nl), afgrijselijk (nl) Finnish: julma (fi), hirveä (fi) French: atroce (fr)

Georgian: სასტიკი (ka) (sastiki) German: grauenhaft (de) Italian: atroce (it) Romanian: atroce (ro) Spanish: atroz (es), malvado (es) Swedish: avskyvärd (sv)

offensive, heinous

Danish: oprørende Dutch: afschuwelijk (nl) French: atroce (fr)

Italian: atroce (it) Romanian: atroce (ro) Spanish: ofensivo (es) Swedish: förskräcklig (sv)

abominable, disgusting

Bulgarian: отвратителен (bg) Danish: rædselsfuld Dutch: weerzinwekkend (nl), afgrijselijk (nl), verschrikkelijk (nl) Finnish: kauhistuttava (fi), hirvittävä (fi), hirveä (fi) French: atroce (fr)

Hungarian: csapnivaló (hu) Italian: atroce (it) Polish: ohydny (pl) m. Romanian: atroce (ro) Spanish: atroz (es) Swedish: förhatlig (sv), avskyvärd (sv), ohygglig (sv)

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Catalan: atroç (ca)