How do you use Atrocious in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like horrifying or frightful, plus the exact meaning.
Atrocious meaning
- Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
- Offensive or heinous.
- Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
Synonyms of Atrocious
Using Atrocious
- The main meaning on this page is: Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous. | Offensive or heinous. | Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
- Useful related words include: flagitious, horrifying, frightful, bad.
- In the example corpus, atrocious often appears in combinations such as: the atrocious, an atrocious, atrocious and.
Context around Atrocious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Atrocious
- In this selection, "atrocious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, battled, frankly, absolutely, paving, weather and despicable stand out and add context to how "atrocious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bezzecchi battled atrocious conditions to and celtics were atrocious from 3. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "atrocious" sits close to words such as abstain, acrylic and adc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with atrocious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The defense was absolutely atrocious. (5 words)
Super Bowl halftime performances are atrocious nowadays, and you know it. (11 words)
He said he’s a victim of atrocious management at Impact Wrestling. (12 words)
If Staley wants to upgrade that atrocious run game this would be his hire but as the Chargers also need someone to get more out of Herbert and a QB coach I doubt the fit. (35 words)
Even by brainless kid's movie standards, it's seen as atrocious, and those not already scared off by its title should run - not walk - away from it as briskly as possible. (32 words)
Inside, bearing in mind you could take nothing in to eat or drink, it was atrocious, with nowhere near enough staff to cope with the volume of people. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
A councillor has hit out at "atrocious" paving on a road in an Essex city.
Despite some atrocious weather recently, race day, on October 22, turned out to be perfect conditions which was ideal for fast times.
During their evidence they variously described him as a "vile sexual predator", "slippery" and "atrocious, despicable, disgusting".
Even by brainless kid's movie standards, it's seen as atrocious, and those not already scared off by its title should run - not walk - away from it as briskly as possible.
He did not address the problem that the US created this vulnerability with its atrocious, decades-long policies in the Middle East.
He said he’s a victim of atrocious management at Impact Wrestling.
If Staley wants to upgrade that atrocious run game this would be his hire but as the Chargers also need someone to get more out of Herbert and a QB coach I doubt the fit.
Inside, bearing in mind you could take nothing in to eat or drink, it was atrocious, with nowhere near enough staff to cope with the volume of people.
It’s an atrocious, cheap—looking thing and deserves to be vetoed on the grounds of artistic taste.
Junee based lawyer Michael Commins said the government's decision not to fund the ALS is "just atrocious".
Marco Bezzecchi battled atrocious conditions to claim pole for the British MotoGP at a soaking Silverstone on Saturday.
Melbourne single Kim (pictured) described the her local dating scene as 'atrocious'.
Most fans will argue that the voice acting in the '90s English dub is atrocious.
Sheriff Leslie told Dale: “You have a terrible record – quite frankly atrocious at your age.
Super Bowl halftime performances are atrocious nowadays, and you know it.
The Celtics were atrocious from 3-point range, finishing 12-for-42 and 28.9 percent from deep.
The defense was absolutely atrocious.
These are the emotionally warped types that end up committing atrocious crimes against other people.
The Silent mode looks atrocious, but it’s important to keep in mind that those results are at the full 1080p.
This has been on full display in the atrocious way the city has handled the former Roof Depot site and proposed location of the East Phillips Urban Farm.
Common combinations with atrocious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the atrocious 24×
- an atrocious 12×
- atrocious and 8×
- is atrocious 8×
- and atrocious 7×
- was atrocious 6×
- atrocious weather 5×
- this atrocious 5×
- of atrocious 4×
- just atrocious 3×