See atrocious on Wiktionary
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"text": "Others of the sailors joined with them in this attempt, and a twisted turmoil ensued; while standing out of harm's way, the valiant captain danced up and down with a whale-pike, calling upon his officers to manhandle that atrocious scoundrel, and smoke him along to the quarter-deck.",
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"text": "Others of the sailors joined with them in this attempt, and a twisted turmoil ensued; while standing out of harm's way, the valiant captain danced up and down with a whale-pike, calling upon his officers to manhandle that atrocious scoundrel, and smoke him along to the quarter-deck.",
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"ref": "1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 58:",
"text": "The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žestok",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "atroç"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "grusom"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "vreselijk"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "verschrikkelijk"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "monsterlijk"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "afgrijselijk"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "julma"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "hirveä"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "atroce"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "atroz"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasṭiḳi",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "სასტიკი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "grauenhaft"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "atroce"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dzvérski",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "ѕве́рски"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "grozomóren",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "грозомо́рен"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "žéstok",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "же́сток"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "zbrodniczy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "odrażający"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "atroz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "cruel"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "mau"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "atroce"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zvérskij",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "зве́рский"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žestókij",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "жесто́кий"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strašný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hrozný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ukrutný"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zverský"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desivý"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obludný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hrôzostrašný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monštruózny"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "atroz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "malvado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
"word": "avskyvärd"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "oprørende"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "afschuwelijk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "hirvittävä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "inhottava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "karmea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "atroce"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "atroce"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "úžasen",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "у́жасен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gnásen",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "гна́сен"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "hediondo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "atroce"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "užásnyj",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "ужа́сный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gnúsnyj",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "гну́сный"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "užasan"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ohavný"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "nechutný"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "hnusný"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "odporný"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "ofensivo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "offensive, heinous",
"word": "förskräcklig"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otvratitelen",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "отвратителен"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "rædselsfuld"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "weerzinwekkend"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "afgrijselijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "verschrikkelijk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "kauhistuttava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "hirvittävä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "hirveä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "atroce"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "csapnivaló"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "atroce"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ódvraten",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "о́двратен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very bad",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ohydny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "okropny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "abominável"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "asqueroso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "atroce"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvratítelʹnyj",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "отврати́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "omerzítelʹnyj",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "омерзи́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gnúsnyj",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "гну́сный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "very bad",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grozan"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very bad",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hrozný"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very bad",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "katastrofálny"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very bad",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tragický"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very bad",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "príšerný"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very bad",
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"masculine"
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"word": "desný"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very bad",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zúfalý"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very bad",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "otrasný"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "atroz"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "förhatlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "avskyvärd"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "very bad",
"word": "ohygglig"
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],
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}
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