Synonyms for atrocious
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
Prisons have been the sites of atrocious mistreatment of prisoners.
Related words
- Word family
- atrociously atrociousness atrocity
Example sentences
- terrible Terrible shooting broke out the night before last.
- awful I think it's awful, that they're spreading rumors.
- horrible Something horrible happened about three hours ago.
- dreadful Something dreadful has happened to Miss Davidson.
- tasteless Fish can be dry and tasteless if it's overcooked.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- ugly2, vile1
- 5 letters
- awful2, cruel2
- 6 letters
- crummy2
- 7 letters
- heinous2, abysmal3, hellish2
- 8 letters
- terrible3, horrible3, dreadful2, shameful2, gruesome2, grievous2
- 9 letters
- monstrous2, tasteless2, barbarous3, execrable4
- 10 letters
- outrageous3, horrifying4, abominable5
- 11 letters
- unspeakable4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ugly2 = 2 syllables).