atrocious

atrocious is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.
2. adjective. Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.
3. adjective. Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers.
4. adjective. provoking horror- Winston Churchill

   "an atrocious automobile accident"

   "a frightful crime of decapitation"

   Synonyms: frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly

5. adjective. exceptionally bad or displeasing

   "atrocious taste"

   "abominable workmanship"

   Synonyms: abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable

6. adjective. shockingly brutal or cruel

   "murder is an atrocious crime"

   "a grievous offense against morality"

   Synonyms: flagitious, grievous, monstrous

Synonyms

frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable, flagitious, grievous, monstrous

Common word forms

atrociously, atrociousness

Words from these letters

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