- (a.) Characterized by or expressing, great atrocity.
- (a.) Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.
- (a.) Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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