Atrocious word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "atrocious" word

[adjective] provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"
[adjective] exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
[adjective] shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

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\A*tro"cious\, a. [L. atrox, atrocis, cruel, fierce: cf. F. atroce.] 1. Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds. 2. Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity. Revelations . . . so atrocious that nothing in history approaches them. --De Quincey. 3. Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers. [Obs.] --Cheyne. Syn: {Atrocious}, {Flagitious}, {Flagrant}. Usage: Flagitious points to an act as grossly wicked and vile; as, a flagitious proposal. Flagrant marks the vivid impression made upon the mind by something strikingly wrong or erroneous; as, a flagrant misrepresentation; a flagrant violation of duty. Atrocious represents the act as springing from a violent and savage spirit. If Lord Chatham, instead of saying ``the atrocious crime of being a young man,'' had used either of the other two words, his irony would have lost all its point, in his celebrated reply to Sir Robert Walpole, as reported by Dr. Johnson. -- {A*tro"cious*ly}, adv. -- {A*tro"cious*ness}, n.

Synonyms for atrocious

abominable, alarming, awful, bad, dreadful, evil, flagitious, frightful, grievous, heinous, horrible, horrifying, monstrous, painful, terrible, ugly, unspeakable, wicked

Related terms: animal, bestial, blamable, bloody, cruel, crying, degraded, deplorable, disgraceful, enormous, excruciating, fiendish, fierce, flagrant, glaring, hateful, horrible, horrifying, little, noisome, painful, petty, pitiless, poky, schlock, spasmatic, unlawful, unmentionable, unpardonable, wolfish

The fun area, different aproach to word »atrocious«

Let's analyse "atrocious" as pure text. This string has Nine letters in Three syllables and Five vowels. 55.6% of vowels is 17% more then average English word. Written in backwards: SUOICORTA. Average typing speed for these characters is 2385 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .- - .-. --- -.-. .. --- ..- ...

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: atrocious: 1 + 6 + 9 + 6 + 3 = 25, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: atrocious: 1 + 2 + 9 + 6 + 3 + 9 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 40, reduced: 4, and the final result is Four.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
O (2)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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