Main entry: atrocious, ugly, frightful, horrible, horrifying
Definition: provoking horror
Usage: 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
Main entry: abominable, atrocious, awful, unspeakable, painful, terrible, dreadful
Definition: exceptionally bad or displeasing
Usage: atrocious taste; abominable workmanship; an awful voice; dreadful manners; a painful performance; terrible handwriting; an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
Main entry: flagitious, monstrous, grievous, atrocious
Definition: shockingly brutal or cruel
Usage: murder is an atrocious crime; a grievous offense against morality; a grievous crime; no excess was too monstrous for them to commit