atrocious
adjective
1. shockingly brutal or cruel
- murder is an atrocious crime
Similar word(s): evil, flagitious, grievous, monstrous
2. exceptionally bad or displeasing
- atrocious taste
Similar word(s): bad, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
3. provoking horror
- an atrocious automobile accident
Similar word(s): alarming, frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly
Sentences with atrocious as an adjective:
- Prisons have been the sites of atrocious mistreatment of prisoners.
- Their taste in clothes is just atrocious.