atrocious
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
shockingly brutal or cruel
murder is an atrocious crime
Related & opposite
- atrocity derivation
- atrocity derivation
- monstrosity derivation
- ogre derivation
- evil similar to
Sense 2 adjective
exceptionally bad or displeasing
atrocious taste
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
provoking horror
an atrocious automobile accident
Related & opposite
- frightfulness derivation
- alarming similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | atrocity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | atrocity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | monstrosity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ogre |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | evil |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | awfulness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bad |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | frightfulness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | alarming |