The meaning of Atrocious

adjective

Savagely cruel.

Usage examples:

He carried out barbaric acts in the name of war

adjective

Extremely cruel

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Barbaric behavior/practices

adjective

Extremely brutal.

Usage examples:

Many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards

adjective

Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

noun

The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

Usage examples:

She sat down at the base of a tree

verb

Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.

Usage examples:

The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective

Without moral principles; ignoble.

Usage examples:

The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

adjective

Of the very darkest colour owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white.

Usage examples:

Black smoke

verb

Belonging to or denoting any human group having dark-coloured skin, especially of african or australian aboriginal ancestry.

Usage examples:

Black adolescents of jamaican descent

noun

Another term for hamburger.

adjective

Savagely violent.

Usage examples:

A brutal murder

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a brute.

Usage examples:

He was coarse and brutish

adjective

Rough, unpleasant, and often violent

Usage examples:

It has been said that life is often "nasty, brutish, and short".

adjective

Wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.

Usage examples:

People who are cruel to animals

verb

Spoil or ruin (an opportunity or a chance of success).

Usage examples:

Ernie nearly cruelled the whole thing by laughing

adjective

Extremely unkind and intentionally causing pain

Usage examples:

Her classmates made some cruel remarks., is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment?, i thin…

adjective

With little or no light.

Usage examples:

It's too dark to see much

noun

The absence of light in a place.

Usage examples:

Carolyn was sitting in the dark

adjective

(of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.

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A battery of heinous crimes

adjective

(esp. of a crime) extremely bad or evil

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Heinous murders

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of hell or the underworld.

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The infernal regions

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant

Usage examples:

What an infernal noise!, he described a journey through the infernal world.

adjective

Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric.

Usage examples:

The inhuman treatment meted out to political prisoners

adjective

Extremely cruel; lacking in or not influenced by human feeling

Usage examples:

In those days war movies always portrayed the enemy as fanatical, even inhuman.

adjective

Of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground.

Usage examples:

The school is a long, low building

noun

A low point, level, or figure.

Usage examples:

His popularity ratings are at an all-time low

adverb

In or into a low position or state.

Usage examples:

She pressed on, bent low to protect her face

adjective

Used to describe a person or action that is very dishonest and unfair

Usage examples:

That was a low-down thing to do.

adjective

Showing no mercy.

Usage examples:

A merciless attack with a blunt instrument

adjective

Showing no kindness; cruel

Usage examples:

A merciless enemy, he was teased mercilessly at school.

adjective

Having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster.

Usage examples:

Monstrous, bug-eyed fish

adjective

Very bad, esp. because too big

Usage examples:

After the flood she was faced with monstrous repair bills., monstrous deeds

adjective

Capable of or intending to murder; dangerously violent.

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A brutal and murderous despot

adjective

Involving murder or violence

Usage examples:

The murderous reign of the emperor caligula

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell

noun

An unpleasant or harmful person or thing.

Usage examples:

A water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties

Offensive or even (of persons) malicious

adjective

(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal.

Usage examples:

The nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates

adjective

(especially of activities) morally bad

Usage examples:

The company's ceo seems to have been involved in some nefarious practices/activities.

adjective

Having or showing no pity or compassion for others.

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A ruthless manipulator

adjective

Without mercy or pity

adjective

Cruel, or determined to succeed without caring about others

Usage examples:

A ruthless ruler, to compete abroad requires ruthless cost-cutting at home.

adjective

(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

Usage examples:

The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

Usage examples:

Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

adjective

Deliberately cruel or violent.

Usage examples:

A vicious assault

adjective

Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

adjective

(of an act) intending to hurt badly, or (of a person or animal) likely to be violent

Usage examples:

I don’t believe he is a vicious dog., the few who disagreed became the targets of vicious written a…

adjective

Extremely unpleasant.

Usage examples:

He has a vile temper

adjective

Evil or disgusting

Usage examples:

He responded with the vilest language imaginable., a vile mood/temper

adjective

Unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable

Usage examples:

This vile policy of ethnic cleansing must be stopped.

adjective

Relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behaviour.

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A villainous plot

adjective

A villainous person or an action is evil

Usage examples:

A villainous dictator

adjective

Evil or morally wrong.

Usage examples:

A wicked and unscrupulous politician

verb

Absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

Usage examples:

Garments that wick moisture away from the skin

adjective

Morally wrong and bad

Usage examples:

He was a wicked, ruthless, and dishonest man., she has a wicked sense of humor., the demands of fun…