Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being atrocious; atrocity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the state of being
atrocious
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
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Examples
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"Oh what atrociousness, it grew into bigger and bigger, higher and higher," she said.
The Woman Behind The Beehive AP 2011
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"Oh what atrociousness, it grew into bigger and bigger, higher and higher," she said.
The Woman Behind The Beehive AP 2011
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Where you and I agree completely on is the absolute atrociousness in officiating.
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I understand the idea of embracing the label as a way of reducing its "power" or turning it around but I also think it takes the power away from the atrociousness of truly bad mothers – those that beat, abuse and neglect their children.
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"Oh what atrociousness, it grew into bigger and bigger, higher and higher," she said.
The Woman Behind The Beehive AP 2011
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"Oh what atrociousness, it grew into bigger and bigger, higher and higher," she said.
The Woman Behind The Beehive AP 2011
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"Re: Bremen's atrociousness, esp. at set pieces - don't people ever practice these things?" thunders Paul Szabo.
Tottenham v Werder Bremen - as it happened Paul Doyle 2010
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I would just like to state here and now that this atrociousness offends more than just my taste.
Hollywood Dame » Blog Archive » Fashion Disaster: Gwyneth Paltrow 2008
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In many ways the Vietnam War, though of an atrociousness the Afghanistan War has not yet approached, was pursued by the U.S. obedient to a much sounder theory than any offered for the present war.
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I understand the idea of embracing the label as a way of reducing its "power" or turning it around but I also think it takes the power away from the atrociousness of truly bad mothers - those that beat, abuse and neglect their children.
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