adj. 25B6; adjective
atrocious cruelties : BRUTAL, barbaric, barbarous, savage, vicious; wicked, cruel, nasty, heinous, monstrous, vile, inhuman, black-hearted, fiendish, ghastly, horrible; abominable, outrageous, hateful, disgusting, despicable, contemptible, loathsome, odious, abhorrent, sickening, horrifying, unspeakable, execrable, egregious.
the weather was atrocious : APPALLING, dreadful, terrible, very bad, unpleasant, miserable; informal abysmal, dire, rotten, lousy, God-awful; Brit. informal shocking, chronic.
admirable, superb.