atrocity
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atrocity
- /əˈtɹɒsɪti/ UK
- /əˈtɹɑsɪti/ US
Rhymes with -ɒsɪti
Where it comes from
From Middle French atrocité, from Latin atrōcitās, from atrōx (“terrible, cruel”) + -tās, from āter (“matte black”).
noun atrocities
- An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice. to carry out / commit / perpetrate an atrocity
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The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.
1553, John Bradford, letter, in Miles Coverdale (ed.), Certain Most Godly, Fruitful, and Comfortable letters, London: John Day, 1564, pp. 481-482,
Thys wil I muse on, & way with my self, [tha]t I may dulye knowe, both in me and in al other things, the atrocitie and bitternesse of synne which dwellet
Similar: atrociousness, brutality, heinousness, enormity
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An object considered to be extremely unattractive or undesirable.
[S]ome of the printers were good singers and others good performers on the guitar and on that atrocity the accordeon—[…]
Similar: abomination
Similar: atrocity, depravity, infamy, iniquity, outrage, turpitude, wickedness, wrong
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: heinousness, atrociousness, barbarousness, barbarity, inhumanity, abomination, cruelty, egregious, ugliness, savagery, outrage, brutality, monstrosity, horror, savage, violence
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noun extremely cruel act
| Español | atrocidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 극악 geugak, 비도 bido, 잔혹 행위 janhok haeng'wi |
| 日本語 | 残虐行為 zangyaku kōi, 残虐 zangyaku, 惨酷 zankoku, 残忍 zannin, 非道 hidō |
| 中文 | 暴行 bàoxíng, 殘酷 /残酷 cánkù |
| हिन्दी | क्रूरता krūrtā, नृशंसता nŕśanstā, निर्दयता nirdaytā, अत्याचार atyācār |
| Português | atrocidade |
| Français | atrocité |
| Deutsch | Grausamkeit, Gräueltat, Abscheulichkeit, Barbarei, Brutalität, Atrozität |
| Italiano | atrocità |
| Ελληνικά | θηριωδία thiriodía, ωμότητα omótita, βαρβαρότητα varvarótita |
| Română | atrocitate |
| Русский | злодея́ние zlodejánije, зве́рство zvérstvo, жесто́кость žestókostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | sự tàn ác, sự tàn bạo |
| العربية | بِشَاعَة bišāʕa, قَسْوَة qaswa |
| עברית | אַכְזָרִיּוּת akhzariút |
Talk about this word "atrocity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/atrocity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. atrocity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/atrocity "atrocity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/atrocity.Cite this
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title = {atrocity},
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