Definitions
Shockingly bad, cruel, or unpleasant.
Word origin
From Latin atrōx (“cruel, fierce, frightful”) + -ious.
Used in a sentence
“Prisons have been the sites of atrocious mistreatment of prisoners.”
“Their taste in clothes is just atrocious.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Appalling”9 letters
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