"atrocious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈtɹəʊʃəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈtɹoʊʃəs/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-atrocious.ogg Forms: more atrocious [comparative], most atrocious [superlative]
enPR: ə-trō′-shəs Rhymes: -əʊʃəs Etymology: From Latin atrōx (“cruel, fierce, frightful”) + -ious. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|atrōx||cruel, fierce, frightful}} Latin atrōx (“cruel, fierce, frightful”), {{suffix|en||ious}} + -ious Head templates: {{en-adj}} atrocious (comparative more atrocious, superlative most atrocious)
  1. Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous. Translations (frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous): жесток (žestok) (Bulgarian), брутален (brutalen) (Bulgarian), atroç (Catalan), grusom (Danish), vreselijk (Dutch), verschrikkelijk (Dutch), monsterlijk (Dutch), afgrijselijk (Dutch), julma (Finnish), hirveä (Finnish), atroce (French), atroz [feminine, masculine] (Galician), სასტიკი (sasṭiḳi) (Georgian), grauenhaft (German), atroce (Italian), ѕве́рски (dzvérski) (Macedonian), грозомо́рен (grozomóren) (Macedonian), же́сток (žéstok) (Macedonian), zbrodniczy (Polish), odrażający (Polish), atroz (Portuguese), cruel (Portuguese), mau (Portuguese), atroce (Romanian), зве́рский (zvérskij) (Russian), жесто́кий (žestókij) (Russian), strašný [masculine] (Slovak), hrozný [masculine] (Slovak), ukrutný [masculine] (Slovak), zverský [masculine] (Slovak), desivý [masculine] (Slovak), obludný [masculine] (Slovak), hrôzostrašný [masculine] (Slovak), monštruózny [masculine] (Slovak), atroz (Spanish), malvado (Spanish), avskyvärd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-atrocious-en-adj-HF~-010i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ious, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 28 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ious: 82 4 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 72 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 73 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 77 14 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 81 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 72 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 74 15 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 72 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 86 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 72 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 71 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 72 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 72 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 86 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 73 15 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 72 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 73 15 12 Disambiguation of 'frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous': 88 4 8
  2. Offensive or heinous. Translations (offensive, heinous): oprørende (Danish), afschuwelijk (Dutch), hirvittävä (Finnish), inhottava (Finnish), karmea (Finnish), atroce (French), atroce (Italian), у́жасен (úžasen) (Macedonian), гна́сен (gnásen) (Macedonian), hediondo (Portuguese), atroce (Romanian), ужа́сный (užásnyj) (Russian), гну́сный (gnúsnyj) (Russian), užasan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ohavný [masculine] (Slovak), nechutný [masculine] (Slovak), hnusný [masculine] (Slovak), odporný [masculine] (Slovak), ofensivo (Spanish), förskräcklig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-atrocious-en-adj-KXcqif7j Disambiguation of 'offensive, heinous': 7 76 16
  3. Very bad; abominable, disgusting. Translations (very bad): отвратителен (otvratitelen) (Bulgarian), rædselsfuld (Danish), weerzinwekkend (Dutch), afgrijselijk (Dutch), verschrikkelijk (Dutch), kauhistuttava (Finnish), hirvittävä (Finnish), hirveä (Finnish), atroce (French), csapnivaló (Hungarian), atroce (Italian), о́двратен (ódvraten) (Macedonian), ohydny [masculine] (Polish), okropny (Polish), abominável (Portuguese), asqueroso (Portuguese), atroce (Romanian), отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) (Russian), омерзи́тельный (omerzítelʹnyj) (Russian), гну́сный (gnúsnyj) (Russian), grozan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hrozný [masculine] (Slovak), katastrofálny [masculine] (Slovak), tragický [masculine] (Slovak), príšerný [masculine] (Slovak), desný [masculine] (Slovak), zúfalý [masculine] (Slovak), otrasný [masculine] (Slovak), atroz (Spanish), förhatlig (Swedish), avskyvärd (Swedish), ohygglig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-atrocious-en-adj-tPIwdtEe Disambiguation of 'very bad': 7 0 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: atrociously, atrociousness, monstrocious, vomitrocious Related terms: atrocity

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          "word": "hnusný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 76 16",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "offensive, heinous",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "odporný"
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          "_dis1": "7 76 16",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "word": "ofensivo"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "förskräcklig"
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        }
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otvratitelen",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "отвратителен"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "rædselsfuld"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "weerzinwekkend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "afgrijselijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "verschrikkelijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "kauhistuttava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "hirvittävä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "hirveä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "atroce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "csapnivaló"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "atroce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ódvraten",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "о́двратен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ohydny"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "okropny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "abominável"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "asqueroso"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "atroce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "отврати́тельный"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "омерзи́тельный"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "гну́сный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grozan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "sk",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "sk",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "very bad",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
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          "sense": "very bad",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "word": "atroz"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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        {
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "very bad",
          "word": "avskyvärd"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 93",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "very bad",
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žestok",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "жесток"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "brutalen",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "брутален"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "atroç"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "grusom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "vreselijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "verschrikkelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "monsterlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "afgrijselijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "julma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "hirveä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "atroce"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atroz"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "grozomóren",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "грозомо́рен"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "word": "mau"
    },
    {
      "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"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hrozný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ukrutný"
    },
    {
      "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"
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    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "offensive, heinous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "užasan"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "offensive, heinous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ohavný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "offensive, heinous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nechutný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "offensive, heinous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hnusný"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "very bad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "príšerný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "very bad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "very bad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zúfalý"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "atrocious"
}

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