atrocious
英[ə'trəʊʃəs]
美[ə'troʃəs]
- adj. 凶恶的，残暴的
英英释意
- 1. 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"
- 2. 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"
- 3. 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"