He has atrocious table manners.
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Atrocious
//əˈtɹəʊ.ʃəs//
Synonyms for "atrocious" (292 found)
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Closest matches (59)
flagitioushorrifyingunspeakableaberrantabjectabnormalabominableabusiveacuteafflictiveagonizinganimalanthropophagousappallingarrantawfulbackhandbackhandedbadbaneful
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Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (87)
degradingdelinquentdemoniacdemoniacaldeplorabledepraveddesperatedespicabledetestabledeviantdevilishdiabolicdiabolicaldiredirtydisgracefuldisgustingdispleasingdistastefuldistressing
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draconiandreadfulegregiousenormousevilexcruciatingexecrablefearfulfellferalferineferociousfetidfiendishfiendlikefiercefilthyflagrantfoulfrightfulfulsomeghastlyglaringgnawinggravegrievousgrimgripinggrislygrossgruesomehardhardly the thingharrowingharshhatefulheinoushellishhideoushorrendoushorriblehorridhorrifichumiliatinghurtfulhurtingickyignominiousillegalimproperinappropriateincorrectindecorousinfamousinfernalinhumaninhumaneiniquitous
Adjective(6 words)
Related words (146)
insolentinsultingkill crazykill-crazyknavishlamentableleft handedleft-handedlittleloathsomelousylowlow downlow-downlumpenmalignmalignantmangymeanmeasly
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mercilessmiserablemonstrousmurderousnastynaughtynefariousnoisomenoncivilizednot donenot the thingnotoriousobnoxiousobsceneodiousoff baseoff coloroff-baseoff-coloroffensiveout of lineout-of-lineoutrageouspainfulpaltryparoxysmalpeccantpettypiercingpitiablepitifulpitilesspoignantpokypoorpungentrackingrankregrettablereprehensiblereprobatereptilianrepulsiverottenruthlesssacrilegioussadsadisticsanguinarysanguineoussatanicsavagescabbyscandalousschlockscrubbyscruffyscummyscurrilescurrilousscurvysevereshabbyshamefulshamelesssharkishsharpshockingshoddyshootingsickeningsinfulslaveringsmallsordidspasmaticspasmicspasmodicsqualidstabbingstingingsubhumantamelesstartareanterribletoo badtormentingtorturoustragictruculentunchristianuncivilizeduncleanundueunfitunfittingunforgivableungentleunhumanunlawfulunmentionableunpardonableunrighteousunseemlyunsuitableuntamedunworthyviciousvilevillainouswickedwildwoefulwolfishworstworthlesswretchedwrongwrongful
Adjective(5 words)
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Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
97 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- брутален adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- жесток adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- отвратителен adj (very bad)
Catalan
4 entries- abominable adj (very bad)
- atroç adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- cruel adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- fastigós adj (very bad)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 令人髮指 /令人发指 adj (offensive, heinous)
- 壞透 /坏透 adj (very bad)
- 狠心 adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
Danish
3 entries- grusom adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- oprørende adj (offensive, heinous)
- rædselsfuld adj (very bad)
Dutch
4 entries- afgrijselijk adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- afgrijselijk adj (very bad)
- afschuwelijk adj (offensive, heinous)
- monsterlijk adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
Finnish
4 entries- hirveä adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- hirveä adj (very bad)
- hirvittävä adj (offensive, heinous)
- hirvittävä adj (very bad)
French
3 entries- atroce adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- atroce adj (offensive, heinous)
- atroce adj (very bad)
Galician
1 entries- atroz adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
Georgian
1 entries- სასტიკი adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
German
1 entries- grauenhaft adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
Hungarian
1 entries- csapnivaló adj (very bad)
Italian
3 entries- atroce adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- atroce adj (offensive, heinous)
- atroce adj (very bad)
Macedonian
4 entries- гна́сен adj (offensive, heinous)
- грозомо́рен adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- же́сток adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- о́двратен adj (very bad)
Polish
4 entries- odrażający adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- ohydny adj (very bad)
- okropny adj (very bad)
- zbrodniczy adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
Portuguese
4 entries- abominável adj (very bad)
- asqueroso adj (very bad)
- atroz adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- cruel adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
Romanian
3 entries- atroce adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- atroce adj (offensive, heinous)
- atroce adj (very bad)
Russian
4 entries- гну́сный adj (offensive, heinous)
- гну́сный adj (very bad)
- жесто́кий adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- зве́рский adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- grozan adj (very bad)
- užasan adj (offensive, heinous)
Slovak
4 entries- desivý adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- desný adj (very bad)
- hnusný adj (offensive, heinous)
- hrozný adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
Spanish
4 entries- atroz adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- atroz adj (very bad)
- malvado adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- ofensivo adj (offensive, heinous)
Swedish
4 entries- avskyvärd adj (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
- avskyvärd adj (very bad)
- förhatlig adj (very bad)
- förskräcklig adj (offensive, heinous)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
God, so atrocious in the Old Testament, so attractive in the New - the Jekyl and Hyde of sacred romance.
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Lucy's cute, but she's got an atrocious character.
Source: tatoeba (567926)
That's just low and atrocious.
Source: tatoeba (790832)
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