Thesaurus / atrocious
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Those are epically atrocious numbers that demonstrate a continued downward trend over the last several decades.
WHY I’M NOT FISHING THE GRANDE RONDE RIVER THIS YEARABARRONIANOCTOBER 16, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIf someone is the same person that committed an atrocious crime, that person will correctly not be found suitable for release.
SIRHAN SIRHAN, CONVICTED OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION, SEEKS PAROLE WITH NO OPPOSITION FROM PROSECUTORSTOM JACKMANAUGUST 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTLook around for reviews of these sport earbuds and you’ll find a surprising disparity between great and atrocious.
JAYBIRD RUN WIRELESS EARBUD REVIEW: SOLID SOUND FOR YOUR SWEAT AND SWOLE SESSIONSEMPIREJUNE 24, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEHe also has atrocious hygiene habits, resulting in horrible breath.
MISS MANNERS: FAMILY MEMBER’S MANNERS HAVE GONE TO THE DOGSJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt was fortunate for the Chancellor that the calumnies of which he was the object were too atrocious to be mischievous.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYWhile visiting one of these, a low class trader arrived who had been guilty of atrocious conduct at Motito.
ROBERT MOFFATDAVID J. DEANEThe Prince of Taranto, while speaking and acting like a cannibal, was following the inspiration of an atrocious policy.
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMANEUGNE SUEAgnes was often a visitor at Bungay, and not a little shocked at the atrocious after-dinner talk of the Bungay Radicals.
EAST ANGLIAJ. EWING RITCHIEBut the atrocious comedy of conjugal love, of unwearying happiness, when for so long I had loved you and thought of you alone!
THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDETThe weather on this day was atrocious, and our last pretence of accurate surveying broke down.
MOUNT EVEREST THE RECONNAISSANCE, 1921CHARLES KENNETH HOWARD-BURYWORDS RELATED TO ATROCIOUS
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- overwhelming
- preternatural
- repellent
- repugnant
- repulsive
- revolting
- shocking
- unbelievable
- undescribable
- unimaginable
- unutterable
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