atrocious
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: flagitious, grievous, heinous, monstrous |
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