"Any delay in arresting the assassin," I observed, "might give him time to perpetrate some fresh atrocity."
Source: tatoeba (6310177)
Atrocity
//əˈtɹɒsɪti//
Synonyms for "atrocity" (194 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (39)
Noun(9 words)
Strong matches (58)
derelictiondesecrationdespitedespoliationdestructiondestructivenessdetrimentdirenessdisgracedisservicedreadfulnessdumpenormityerrorevilextremityfailurefaultfelonyferociousness
Show 37 more words
fiercenessflagitiousnessfloutfloutingfly in the ointmentforcefuriousnessgenocidegibegreat wronggrievancegrimnessgross injusticeguilty actharmharshnesshavocheavy sinheinousnesshideousnesshorriblenesshorridnesshorrorhumiliationhurtignominyillill-treatmentill-usageill-useimpetuosityimpositionimproprietyinclemencyindignityindiscretioninexpiable sin
Noun(1 words)
Related words (97)
infamyinfectioninhumanityiniquityinjuryinjusticeinsultintensityjeerjeeringknaverylapsemalefactionmalfeasancemalignitymaltreatmentmalummercilessnessmindlessnessminor wrong
Show 72 more words
miscarriage of justicemischiefmisdeedmisdemeanormisfeasancemistreatmentmockmockerymolestationmonstrousnessmortal sinmurderousnessnonfeasanceobliquityoffenseomissionoutragepeccadillopeccancypitilessnesspitypoisonpollutionprofanationput downput-downraw dealreprobacyrigorroughnesssacrilegesavageryscandalscoffscurrilityseverityshamesharpnesssightsinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinful actslap in the faceslipsnake in the grasstauntterrible thingterriblenessterrorismthe worsttorttoxintransgressiontrespasstripuncomplimentary remarkungentlenessunutterable sinvandalismvehemencevenial sinvenomvexationviciousnessvillainyviolationviolencevirulencewickednesswoewrong
Noun(5 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
6 entriesMore specific
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescapable of
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
119 translations across 57 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mizori noun (extremely cruel act)
Arabic
2 entries- بِشَاعَة noun (extremely cruel act)
- قَسْوَة noun (extremely cruel act)
Armenian
3 entries- գազանություն noun (extremely cruel act)
- դաժանություն noun (extremely cruel act)
- վայրագություն noun (extremely cruel act)
Asturian
1 entries- atrocidá noun (extremely cruel act)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- vəhşilik noun (extremely cruel act)
- zalımlıq noun (extremely cruel act)
Basque
2 entries- ankerkeria noun (extremely cruel act)
- basatikeria noun (extremely cruel act)
Belarusian
3 entries- жо́рсткасць noun (extremely cruel act)
- зве́рства noun (extremely cruel act)
- ліхадзе́йства noun (extremely cruel act)
Bulgarian
2 entries- жесто́кост noun (extremely cruel act)
- зве́рство noun (extremely cruel act)
Catalan
1 entries- atrocitat noun (extremely cruel act)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 暴行 noun (extremely cruel act)
- 殘酷 /残酷 noun (extremely cruel act)
Czech
4 entries- brutalita noun (extremely cruel act)
- krutost noun (extremely cruel act)
- sveřepost noun (extremely cruel act)
- zvěrstvo noun (extremely cruel act)
Danish
1 entries- grusomhed noun (extremely cruel act)
Dutch
2 entries- gruweldaad noun (extremely cruel act)
- wreedheid noun (extremely cruel act)
Estonian
2 entries- julmus noun (extremely cruel act)
- jõhkrus noun (extremely cruel act)
Faroese
1 entries- grimd noun (extremely cruel act)
Finnish
2 entries- hirmuteko noun (extremely cruel act)
- julmuus noun (extremely cruel act)
French
1 entries- atrocité noun (extremely cruel act)
Galician
1 entries- atrocidade noun (extremely cruel act)
Georgian
1 entries- სისასტიკე noun (extremely cruel act)
German
4 entries- Abscheulichkeit noun (extremely cruel act)
- Atrozität noun (extremely cruel act)
- Barbarei noun (extremely cruel act)
- Brutalität noun (extremely cruel act)
Greek
3 entries- βαρβαρότητα noun (extremely cruel act)
- θηριωδία noun (extremely cruel act)
- ωμότητα noun (extremely cruel act)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַכְזָרִיּוּת noun (extremely cruel act)
Hindi
4 entries- अत्याचार noun (extremely cruel act)
- क्रूरता noun (extremely cruel act)
- निर्दयता noun (extremely cruel act)
- नृशंसता noun (extremely cruel act)
Hungarian
2 entries- atrocitás noun (extremely cruel act)
- rémtett noun (extremely cruel act)
Irish
2 entries- ainghníomh noun (extremely cruel act)
- gníomh uafásach noun (extremely cruel act)
Italian
1 entries- atrocità noun (extremely cruel act)
Japanese
4 entries- 惨酷 noun (extremely cruel act)
- 残忍 noun (extremely cruel act)
- 残虐 noun (extremely cruel act)
- 残虐行為 noun (extremely cruel act)
Kazakh
3 entries- айуандық noun (extremely cruel act)
- мейірімсіздік noun (extremely cruel act)
- хайуандық noun (extremely cruel act)
Korean
3 entries- 극악 noun (extremely cruel act)
- 비도 noun (extremely cruel act)
- 잔혹 행위 noun (extremely cruel act)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- жырткычтык noun (extremely cruel act)
- ырайымсыздык noun (extremely cruel act)
Latin
1 entries- atrocitas noun (extremely cruel act)
Latvian
1 entries- zvērība noun (extremely cruel act)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žvėriškumas noun (extremely cruel act)
Macedonian
2 entries- жестокост noun (extremely cruel act)
- ѕверство noun (extremely cruel act)
Māori
1 entries- tūkinotanga noun (extremely cruel act)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- grusomhet noun (extremely cruel act)
Persian
2 entries- سبعیت noun (extremely cruel act)
- وحشیگری noun (extremely cruel act)
Polish
1 entries- okrucieństwo noun (extremely cruel act)
Portuguese
1 entries- atrocidade noun (extremely cruel act)
Romanian
1 entries- atrocitate noun (extremely cruel act)
Russian
3 entries- жесто́кость noun (extremely cruel act)
- зве́рство noun (extremely cruel act)
- злодея́ние noun (extremely cruel act)
Sardinian
1 entries- atrotzidade noun (extremely cruel act)
Sassarese
1 entries- atrotzidai noun (extremely cruel act)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- aingidheachd noun (extremely cruel act)
- buirbe noun (extremely cruel act)
- uabhas noun (extremely cruel act)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- krútōst noun (extremely cruel act)
- svìrepōst noun (extremely cruel act)
- zvjèrstvo noun (extremely cruel act)
- zvèrstvo noun (extremely cruel act)
Slovak
4 entries- brutalita noun (extremely cruel act)
- brutálnosť noun (extremely cruel act)
- krutosť noun (extremely cruel act)
- ukrutnosť noun (extremely cruel act)
Slovene
2 entries- grozodejstvo noun (extremely cruel act)
- krutost noun (extremely cruel act)
Spanish
1 entries- atrocidad noun (extremely cruel act)
Swedish
3 entries- grymhet noun (extremely cruel act)
- ohygglighet noun (extremely cruel act)
- skändlighet noun (extremely cruel act)
Tagalog
1 entries- gawaing may sukdulang pagpapahirap noun (extremely cruel act)
Tajik
2 entries- ваҳшигарӣ noun (extremely cruel act)
- ваҳшоният noun (extremely cruel act)
Tamil
1 entries- அட்டூழியம் noun (extremely cruel act)
Telugu
1 entries- ఘోరం noun (extremely cruel act)
Turkish
1 entries- atrosite noun (extremely cruel act)
Ukrainian
4 entries- жорсто́кість noun (extremely cruel act)
- зві́рство noun (extremely cruel act)
- злодія́ння noun (extremely cruel act)
- лиході́йство noun (extremely cruel act)
Uzbek
2 entries- vahshiylik noun (extremely cruel act)
- zolimlik noun (extremely cruel act)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự tàn bạo noun (extremely cruel act)
- sự tàn ác noun (extremely cruel act)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Atrocity crimes are imminent unless there is a cessation of hostilities.
Source: tatoeba (11480554)
What an atrocity!
Source: tatoeba (11919861)
It is hard to believe that humans are capable of such atrocity.
Source: tatoeba (13764964)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.