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a·tro·cious
 atrocious
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- pronunciation:
tro
shihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
exceptionally evil, ruthless, or brutal.
The bomb attack was an atrocious crime that killed many innocent people.- synonyms:
- abominable, bad, barbarous, brutal, evil, heinous, horrible, monstrous, nefarious, ruthless, terrible
- antonyms:
- admirable, humane, kindly
- similar words:
- black-hearted, brute, cruel, damnable, diabolical, fell, fiendish, grievous, gruesome, hellish, hideous, infernal, inhuman, outrageous, savage, unspeakable, vicious
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| definition 2: |
(informal) very bad; awful.
There was an atrocious smell coming from the kitchen.- synonyms:
- awful, bad, execrable, horrible, terrible
- similar words:
- abominable, damnable, ghastly, hideous, horrendous, horrid, insipid, tasteless, vile
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| related words: |
beastly, dire, evil, horrible, miserable, monstrous, odious |
adverb + (adj.)atrocious
absolutely, bloody, most
(adj.)atrocious
+ noun
accent,
act,
aspect,
assault,
behavior,
condition,
crime,
dictator,
english,
exaggeration,
fan,
fanaticism,
foreigner,
habit,
honor,
housing,
idea,
instrument,
killing,
manner,
map,
mile,
murder,
offense,
operation,
pitching,
prisoner,
pun,
punishment,
record,
script,
shooting,
smell,
spelling,
surprise,
torture,
victim,
violence
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| derivations: |
atrociously (adv.), atrociousness (n.) |
The word atrocious
contains the following part:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
  More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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