atrocious
Extremely bad or unpleasant.
atrocious in a sentence
- The weather was atrocious, with rain hammering down and wind ripping umbrellas inside out.
- Milo's handwriting was so atrocious that even he could not read his own shopping list.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to atrocious?
- Afine
- Blovely
- Cawful
- Dwonderful
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C: awful. The other three mean the opposite of atrocious.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to atrocious?
- Alovely
- Bvile
- Cterrible
- Dawful
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A: lovely. The other three mean nearly the same as atrocious.
Words that mean something similar
awful, terrible, vile
Words that mean the opposite
lovely, wonderful, fine
More words about weather & nature
- bleak: Cold, empty and without much hope.
- conserve: To protect something from harm, or to save it from being wasted.
- cultivate: To grow plants, or to work at improving something.
- dreary: Dull, grey and boring.
- drenched: Completely soaked with water.
- drought: A long time with little or no rain, when the land dries out.
- erode: To wear something away slowly, little by little.
- extinction: The dying out of a whole kind of animal or plant, so that none are left.
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