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Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.

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  1. a. Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.
  2. a. Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.
  3. a. Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers.
  4. adj. shockingly brutal or cruel
  5. adj. exceptionally bad or displeasing
  6. adj. provoking horror
  7. j:100 s. shockingly brutal or cruel s. exceptionally bad or displeasing s. provoking horror