1 : extremely wicked, brutal, or cruel : barbaric prisoners subjected to atrocious treatment. 2 : appalling, horrifying the atrocious weapons of modern war an atrocious accident. 3a : utterly revolting : abominable atrocious working conditions atrocious weather. b : of very poor quality atrocious handwriting.

Is atrocious good or bad?

Atrocious is a great word, but there's nothing good about its meaning or its synonyms: horrible, ugly, abominable, dreadful, unspeakable, and monstrous, to name just a few.

What is another name for atrocious?

In this page you can discover 61 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for atrocious, like: abominable, nasty, cruel, shocking, fiendish, enormous, disgusting, heinous, horrid, repellent and appalling.