Textual thesaurus for "atrocious"

(adj) ugly, frightful, horrible, horrifying

provoking horror

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

(adj) abominable, awful, unspeakable, painful, terrible, dreadful

exceptionally bad or displeasing

atrocious taste; abominable workmanship; an awful voice; dreadful manners; a painful performance; terrible handwriting; an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room

(adj) flagitious, monstrous, grievous

shockingly brutal or cruel

murder is an atrocious crime; a grievous offense against morality; a grievous crime; no excess was too monstrous for them to commit