"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"