adj satadj.allshockingly brutal or cruelSynset:flagitious grievous monstrous
Examples:- murder is an atrocious crime
- a grievous offense against morality
- a grievous crime
- no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
Antonyms:good
Derivationally Related Form:monstrosityatrociousnessmonsteratrocity
Inherited Hypernyms:atrocious
Similar to:evil
adj satadj.allexceptionally bad or displeasingSynset:abominable awful dreadful painful terrible unspeakable
Examples:- atrocious taste
- abominable workmanship
- an awful voice
- dreadful manners
- a painful performance
- terrible handwriting
- an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
Antonyms:good
Derivationally Related Form:terriblenessawfulnessdreadfulness
Inherited Hypernyms:atrocious
Similar to:bad
adj satadj.allprovoking horrorSynset:frightful horrible horrifying ugly
Examples:- an atrocious automobile accident
- a frightful crime of decapitation
- an alarming, even horrifying, picture
- war is beyond all words horrible - Winston Churchill
- an ugly wound
Antonyms:unalarming
Derivationally Related Form:frightfulness
Inherited Hypernyms:atrocious
Similar to:alarming