Definition of atrocious
(adj)
shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous
offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no
excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an
awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable
odor came
sweeping into the room"
provoking horror; "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"