atrocious

Etymology

From Latin atrōx (“cruel, fierce, frightful”) + -ious.

adj

  1. Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
    Prisons have been the sites of atrocious mistreatment of prisoners.
  2. Offensive or heinous.
  3. Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
    Their taste in clothes is just atrocious.

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