Synonyms and Antonyms of atrocious
1
extremely disturbing or repellent
- an atrocious crime that shocked even hardened members of the police force
appalling, awful, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, lurid, macabre, monstrous, nightmare, nightmarish, shocking, terrible, terrific
alarming, bloodcurdling, dire, direful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, gut-wrenching, hair-raising, heart-stopping, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, terrifying
abhorrent, deplorable, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening
abominable, evil, foul, heinous, noxious, odious, unspeakable, vile
grotesque, ugly, unsightly
agreeable, appealing, attractive, delectable, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, enticing, inviting, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome
cheering, comforting, soothing
2
extremely unsatisfactory
- the picture quality on the pirated DVD was atrocious
bad, deficient, inferior, off, poor, substandard, wanting
contemptible, miserable, shameful
defective, faulty, flawed
low-grade, mediocre, reprehensible, second-rate
bum, useless, valueless, worthless
inadequate, insufficient, lacking
abominable, damnable, fiendish, odious, vile
3
having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others
- the atrocious treatment of prisoners at the camps
barbaric, barbarous, brutal, brute, butcherly, cruel, fiendish, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, sadistic, savage, truculent, vicious, wanton
