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atrocious - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: atrocious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: outrageous; widely condemned
Synonyms: awful, bad, barbaric, beastly, desperate, diabolical, fiendish, flagrant, gross*, hairy*, heinous, lousy, monstrous, nefarious, rotten, scandalous, shocking, villainous, wicked, godawful, grody
Main Entry: atrocious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: offensive
Synonyms: appalling, awful, bad, beastly, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, execrable, foul, gross*, horrible, icky*, loathsome, noisome, obscene, repulsive, rotten, sickening, terrible, godawful, grody, horrid, horrifying
Antonyms: inoffensive
Main Entry: abominable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: awful, detestable
Synonyms: abhorrent, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, despicable, disgusting, foul, grim, gross*, hairy*, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, loathsome, lousy, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazy*, stinking, terrible, vile, wretched, grody, horrid
Antonyms: alluring, appealing, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, wonderful, likeable
Main Entry: awful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very bad; terrible
Synonyms: abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, deplorable, depressing, dire, disgusting, distressing, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, gross*, gruesome, grungy*, harrowing, hideous, horrible, nasty, offensive, raunchy, repulsive, shocking, stinking, synthetic, tough, ugly, unpleasant, unsightly, grody, horrendous, horrific, horrifying
Antonyms: beautiful, good, pleasing, ok
Main Entry: barbarous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: crude, savage
Synonyms: atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, brutal, coarse, cruel, ferocious, heartless, ignorant, inhuman, monstrous, primitive, rough, rude, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unsophisticated, vicious, vulgar, wicked, wild, brutish, inhumane, wolfish
Notes: barbaric pertains to crudeness and uncivility (based on Greek barbaros 'foreign'); barbarous pertains to cruelty, harshness, and immorality
Antonyms: civilized, cultured, educated, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated
Main Entry: detestable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: loathsome, abominable
Synonyms: abhorrent, accursed, atrocious, awful, despicable, disgusting, execrable, gross*, hateful, heinous, lousy, maggot, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, shocking, sorry, vile, abhorred, godawful, grody, hateable, horrid, low-down
Antonyms: admirable, adorable, respectable, respected, adored, cherished, likeable, loveable, prized
Main Entry: devilish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: wicked
Synonyms: accursed, atrocious, bad, cursed, damnable, demonic, detestable, diabolic, diabolical, evil, execrable, fiendish, hellish, infernal, inhuman, iniquitous, nefarious, satanic, serpentine, unhallowed, villainous, Mephistophelian, brutish, cloven-footed, demoniac, hellborn
Antonyms: angelic, godlike, good, moral
Main Entry: diabolic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: evil, fiendish
Synonyms: atrocious, cruel, damnable, demonic, devilish, hellish, impious, infernal, monstrous, nasty, nefarious, satanic, serpentine, shocking, unhallowed, unpleasant, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, Mephistophelian, demoniac
Antonyms: gentle, kind, moral, nice
Main Entry: dreadful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrible, frightening
Synonyms: abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, beastly, creepy*, dire, distressing, fearful, formidable, frightful, frozen, ghastly, grievous, grim, gross*, hideous, icky*, lousy, mean, monstrous, rotten, shameful, shocking, spooky, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, wicked, godawful, grody, horrendous, horrific, shuddersome
Antonyms: pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful
Main Entry: egregious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: outstandingly bad; outrageous
Synonyms: arrant, atrocious, capital, deplorable, extreme, flagrant, glaring, grievous, gross*, heinous, infamous, insufferable, intolerable, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, outright, preposterous, rank, scandalous, shocking, stark
Antonyms: little, minor, secondary, slight
Main Entry: execrable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrible, sickening
Synonyms: abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, confounded, cursed, damnable, defective, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, foul, hateful, heinous, loathsome, low, monstrous, nauseous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, vile, wretched, horrific
Antonyms: nice, pleasant
Main Entry: fiendish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: diabolical
Synonyms: atrocious, beastly, cruel, demonic, devilish, diabolic, evil, hellish, inhuman, malicious, nefarious, sadistic, satanic, savage, vicious, wicked, brutish, demonical
Main Entry: flagrant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: flaunting, blatant; without shame
Synonyms: arrant, atrocious, awful, bold, brazen, capital, conspicuous, crying, disgraceful, dreadful, egregious, enormous, flaming, flashy*, glaring, gross*, heinous, immodest, infamous, noticeable, notorious, obvious, open, ostentatious, out-and-out*, outrageous, rank, scandalous, shameful, shameless, shocking, striking, wicked, bare-faced, flagitous, grody, hanging out, stick out like sore thumb, undisguised
Antonyms: concealed, disguised, hidden, mild, moral, restrained, secret
Main Entry: grievous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: severe, painful; serious
Synonyms: agonizing, appalling, atrocious, calamitous, damaging, deplorable, dire, dismal, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, dreadful, egregious, flagrant, glaring, grave, harmful, heavy*, heinous, hurtful, injurious, intolerable, lamentable, monstrous, mournful, offensive, onerous, oppressive, outrageous, pathetic, pitiful, sad, shameful, sharp, shocking, sorrowful, taxing, tough, tragic, troublesome, unbearable, villainous, weighty*, afflicting, heart-rending, upsetting, wounding
Antonyms: good, harmless, pleasant
Main Entry: heinous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrifying, monstrous
Synonyms: abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, awful, bad, beastly, crying, cursed, evil, execrable, flagitious, flagrant, frightful, grave, gross*, hateful, hideous, infamous, iniquitous, nefarious, odious, offensive, outrageous, raunchy, revolting, scandalous, shocking, stinking*, unspeakable, vicious, villainous, godawful, horrendous
Antonyms: glorious, good, lovely, magnificent, wonderful
Main Entry: hellish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fiendish; unpleasant
Synonyms: abominable, accursed, atrocious, barbarous, cruel, damnable, damned, demonic, devilish, diabolical, horrible, infernal, monstrous, nefarious, satanic, terrible, vicious, wicked
Main Entry: nefarious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bad, sinful
Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, base, corrupt, criminal, degenerate, depraved, detestable, dreadful, evil, execrable, flagitious, flagrant, foul, glaring, gross, heinous, horrible, infamous, infernal, iniquitous, miscreant, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, putrid, rank, rotten, shameful, treacherous, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked
Antonyms: good, honorable, respectable, virtuous, worthy
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