Associations to the word «Atrocious»

Wiktionary

ATROCIOUS, adjective. Frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.
ATROCIOUS, adjective. Offensive or heinous.
ATROCIOUS, adjective. Very bad; abominable or disgusting.

Dictionary definition

ATROCIOUS, 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".
ATROCIOUS, 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".
ATROCIOUS, 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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley