atrocity (noun)
1atrocity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ appalling (esp. BrE), terrible, worst ▪ one of the worst atrocities of the war ▪ alleged ▪ human rights ▪ …
2atrocity — ► NOUN (pl. atrocities) ▪ an extremely wicked or cruel act …
3atrocity — I noun abomination, abuse, act of ferocity, atrocious crime, atrocitas, barbarity, deed of savagery, ferity, ferocity, fiendishness, flagitious villainy, flagitiousness, flagrancy, gross offense, heinousness, holocaust, infamy, inhumanity,… …
4atrocity — 1530s, from M.Fr. atrocité or directly from L. atrocitatem (nom. atrocitas) cruelty, fierceness, harshness, noun of quality from atrox fierce, cruel, frightful, from PIE *atro ek , from root *ater fire + *okw see; thus of fiery or threatening… …
5atrocity — noun 1) a number of atrocities Syn: outrage, horror, violation, abuse, massacre 2) scenes of hardship and atrocity Syn: wickedness, cruelty, brutality, barbarity, viciousness, savag …
6atrocity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1534 1. the quality or state of being atrocious 2. an atrocious act, object, or situation < the…sufferings and atrocities of trench warfare Aldous Huxley > …
7atrocity — noun a) The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty. b) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice. See Also: atrocious …
8atrocity — noun (plural atrocities) an extremely wicked or cruel act. Origin C16: from Fr. atrocité or L. atrocitas, from atrox, atroc cruel …
9atrocity — noun (countable usually plural, uncountable) an extremely cruel and violent action, especially during a war: one of the worst atrocities of the Vietnam War …
10atrocity — noun European ministers were appalled by scenes of alleged Kosovo atrocities Syn: abomination, cruelty, enormity, outrage, horror, monstrosity, obscenity, violation, crime, abuse; barbarity, barbarism, brutality, savagery, inhumanity, wickedness …
