atrocious
Shockingly, inexcusably terrible
Atrocious describes something shockingly bad or cruel.
An atrocious crime is brutal and horrifying.
But the word often appears in lighter contexts for emphasis: The service was atrocious, Her spelling is atrocious.
This casual use has diluted the word's original force—truly atrocious acts involve cruelty or violence, not just incompetence.
Extremely poor quality
- terribleExtremely poor or distressing
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- awfulExtremely bad quality
- appallingInspiring horror or disgust
horrendous · execrable · dismal · pathetic · woeful · lousy · deplorable · miserable
Odiously, shockingly evil
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
- depravedMorally corrupt, perverse
barbaric · inhuman · sadistic · cruel · brutal · vile · nefarious · villainous
Extremely distasteful or offensive
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- disgustingProvoking strong revulsion
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
- abhorrentCausing intense revulsion
nauseating · sickening · repulsive · odious · detestable · foul · vile · gross
abysmal
Extremely poor quality
- terribleExtremely poor or distressing
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- awfulExtremely bad quality
appalling · horrendous · execrable · dismal · pathetic · woeful · lousy · deplorable · miserable · substandard
heinous
Odiously, shockingly evil
depraved · barbaric · inhuman · sadistic · cruel · brutal · vile · nefarious · villainous · malevolent
repugnant
Extremely distasteful or offensive
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- disgustingProvoking strong revulsion
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
abhorrent · nauseating · sickening · repulsive · odious · detestable · foul · vile · gross · offensive
massacre
Large-scale unlawful killing
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
slaughter · carnage · murder · war crime · pogrom · terrorism · ethnic cleansing · lynching · persecution · oppression
- inferiorinferior, substandard, second-rate, second-class, subpar
- uglyugly, hideous, unsightly, grotesque, repulsive
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- ratingsA rating, rating, one star, five stars, rating scale
- fiercebrutal, violent, savage, ferocious, fierce
atrocioushumane
Marked by kindness
compassionate · benevolent · merciful · kind · kindly
atrocioussuperb
Extremely impressive, first-rate
excellent · outstanding · magnificent · wonderful · marvelous