adj.1 very bad or unpleasant (atrocious weather; their manners were atrocious).
2 extremely savage or wicked (atrocious cruelty).
Derivatives:
atrociously adv. atrociousness n.
Etymology: L atrox -ocis cruel
adj.1 very bad or unpleasant (atrocious weather; their manners were atrocious).
2 extremely savage or wicked (atrocious cruelty).
Derivatives:
atrociously adv. atrociousness n.
Etymology: L atrox -ocis cruel
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012