atrocity

a·troc·i·ty

A0506700 (ə-trŏs′ĭ-tē)n. pl. a·troc·i·ties 1. Appalling or atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness.2. An appalling or atrocious act, situation, or object, especially an act of unusual or illegal cruelty inflicted by an armed force on civilians or prisoners.

atrocity

(əˈtrɒsɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. behaviour or an action that is wicked or ruthless2. the fact or quality of being atrocious3. (usually plural) acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime

a•troc•i•ty

(əˈtrɒs ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties. 1. the quality or state of being atrocious. 2. an atrocious act, thing, or circumstance. [1525–35; < Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	atrocity - the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumaneatrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousnessinhumaneness, inhumanity - the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
	2.	atrocity - an act of atrocious cruelty inhumanitycruelty, inhuman treatment - a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and sufferingbarbarism, barbarity, brutality, savagery - a brutal barbarous savage actoutrage - a wantonly cruel actenormity - an act of extreme wickedness

atrocity

noun1. act of cruelty, wrong, crime, horror, offence, evil, outrage, outrage, cruelty, brutality, obscenity, wrongdoing, enormity, monstrosity, transgression, abomination, barbarity, villainy Those who committed this atrocity should be punished.2. cruelty, wrong, horror, brutality, wrongdoing, enormity, savagery, ruthlessness, wickedness, inhumanity, infamy, transgression, barbarity, viciousness, villainy, baseness, monstrousness, heinousness, nefariousness, shockingness, atrociousness, fiendishness, barbarousness, grievousness, villainousness stomach-churning tales of atrocity and massacre

atrocity

noun1. The quality of passing all moral bounds:atrociousness, enormity, heinousness, monstrousness.2. The quality or state of being flagrant:atrociousness, egregiousness, enormity, flagrance, flagrancy, flagrantness, glaringness, grossness, outrageousness, rankness.3. A monstrous offense or evil:enormity, monstrosity, outrage.

Translations

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atrocious

(əˈtrəuʃəs) adjective1. very bad. Your handwriting is atrocious. 極糟的 恶劣的，遭透的 2. extremely cruel. an atrocious crime. 殘暴的 残暴的aˈtrociousness noun 兇惡 凶恶atrocity (əˈtrosəti) noun an extremely cruel and wicked act. The invading army committed many atrocities. 暴行 暴行