Atrocious
Atrocious adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.
Usage example: an atrocious crime that shocked even hardened members of the police force
Horrible is a synonym for atrocious in offensive topic. In some cases you can use "Horrible" instead the word "Atrocious" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like brutal, terrible, shocking. popular alternative
Nearby Words: atrocity, atrociously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- repulsive and atrocious
- repulsive and horrible
- disgusting and atrocious
- disgusting and horrible
- monstrous and atrocious
- monstrous and horrible
- abominable and atrocious
- abominable and horrible
- heinous and atrocious
- heinous and horrible
- hideous and atrocious
- hideous and horrible
- terrible and atrocious
- terrible and horrible
Both words in one sentence
- In Ouran High School Host Club she played Fujioka Haruhi who is an atrocious actor, and apparently a horrible singer... so horrible we never actually hear her sing, but LIPSYNC a song by Chieko Kawabe (who sang the opening).
Source: Irony as She Is Cast - Oh, and this book is also Karma Houdini Heaven when some of the most horrible villains ever created (and a immense number of jerkasses) make atrocious things without repercussion.
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