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Word entry · 9 letters

atrocious

Best crossword clue

"Appalling"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /əˈtɹəʊ.ʃəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acioorstuStarts with AEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2T3R4O5C6I7O8U9S

Definitions

  1. 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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