atrocious

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  • adj. 兇惡的，殘暴的

英英釋意

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"