Atrocious

a.	1.	Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious guilt or deeds.
	2.	Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity. Revelations . . . so atrocious that nothing in history approaches them. - De Quincey.
	3.	Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers.

Adj.	1.	atrocious - shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" Synonyms: flagitious, heinous, monstrous, grievous
	2.	atrocious - exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" Synonyms: awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable, abominable, painful
	3.	atrocious - provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" Synonyms: frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly

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