Atrocious and Wretched

Atrocious

Atrocious adjective - Extremely unsatisfactory.
Usage example: the picture quality on the pirated DVD was atrocious

Wretched is a synonym for atrocious in abominable topic. In some cases you can use "Wretched" instead an adjective "Atrocious".

Nearby Words: atrocity, atrociously

Wretched

Wretched adjective - Extremely unsatisfactory.
Usage example: this report is simply wretched—you'll have to rewrite it

Atrocious is a synonym for wretched in abominable topic. Sometimes you can use "Atrocious" instead an adjective "Wretched", if it concerns topics such as terrible.

Nearby Words: wretch, wretchedly
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