Adjective

• S: (adj) atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous (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"
• S: (adj) atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable (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"
• S: (adj) atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly (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"