horribleness; wickedness, cruelty
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Atrocity Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
(n.)
An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn atrocious or extremely cruel deed.
atrocity
\a*troc"i*ty\ (&?;), n.; pl. atrocities (&?;). [f. atrocité, l. atrocitas, fr. atrox, atrocis, cruel.]
1. enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
2. an atrocious or extremely cruel deed. the atrocities which attend a victory.
Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
Noun
1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
(synonym) atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness
(hypernym) inhumaneness, inhumanity
2. an act of atrocious cruelty
(synonym) inhumanity
(hypernym) cruelty, inhuman treatment
(hyponym) brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery
Atrocity Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Atrocity or Atrocities or Atrocious may refer to:
- Atrocity (band), a German metal band
- Atrocities (album), the fourth album by Christian Death
- Atrocious (film), a 2010 Spanish film
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