Definition of Atrocious

Atrocious

Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.

Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.

Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers.

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Atrocious Quotations

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.
Gustave Flaubert

But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.
Arthur Rimbaud

All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
Tacitus

The New York playgoer is a child of nature, and he has an honest and wholesome regard of whatever is atrocious in art.
Frank Moore Colby

Since the events of September 11, we've rightfully changed our military strategy so we're now taking the fight to those individuals who aim to do us harm, rather than waiting for another atrocious attack to happen.
Jim Gerlach

Tiny Tim? Anyone could sing like that. It's atrocious. It's hideous, really.
Maurice Gibb

Their coverage on the Fox News Channel has been atrocious. The stuff that comes out of Sean Hannity's mouth has been infuriating. The stuff that Bill O'Reilly says has been illogical. You go up and down the schedule and it's insanity over there. The number of lies, perpetuated, promoted by Fox News is just shameful and it hurts everybody.
David Shuster

One day I woke up with an atrocious hangover, and it hurt so badly that I told myself, 'It's time to stop. I can't do it anymore. It's not good. It hurts too much.'
Jordan Knight

The food is absolutely atrocious, and parents have no idea. Parents are giving their kids three dollars and saying, 'Okay, see you later. Go off to school and have a good lunch.'
Morgan Spurlock

I know it is a somewhat delicate matter to refuse a gift, but in this case the statue is so atrocious that every endeavour should be made to keep it out of the church.
Giles Gilbert Scott

It was a horrible, terrible, atrocious, offensive football game.
Barry Switzer

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Atrocious Translations

atrocious in German is grauenhaft
atrocious in Norwegian is fryktelig
atrocious in Spanish is feroz

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