Synonyms for atrocity
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Outrage — an extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice
outrage, infamy, crime, wickedness, depravity, villainy, wrong, iniquity, turpitude
2. Barbarity — the quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty
barbarity, enormity, brutality, inhumanity, heinousness, atrociousness, flagitiousness, flagrancy, barbarousness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
to carry out / commit / perpetrate an atrocity
- n. 2
The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.
Forms
- Plural
- atrocities → outrages, infamies, crimes, wickednesses…
Example sentences
- crime In Singapore, it is a crime to spit on the ground.
- outrage The illegal dump in the park is a source of outrage.
- wickedness The desire of wickedness came up in your heart.
- infamy Hatred, infamy and slander have not conquered my spirit.
- enormity He was unaware of the enormity of the offense.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| atrocity | rising | |
| crime | rising | |
| outrage | rising | |
| wickedness | rising | |
| infamy | rising | |
| enormity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- wrong1, crime1
- 6 letters
- infamy3
- 7 letters
- outrage2
- 8 letters
- iniquity4, enormity4, villainy
- 9 letters
- brutality4, depravity4, barbarity4, turpitude3, flagrancy
- 10 letters
- wickedness3, inhumanity5
- 11 letters
- abomination5, heinousness
- 13 letters
- atrociousness, barbarousness
- 14 letters
- flagitiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (infamy3 = 3 syllables).