atrocious
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(s) 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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(s) 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
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(s) 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