atrociousness

noun

Definition of atrociousnessnext
1
as in dreadfulness
the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay George Orwell's novel 1984 captures the atrociousness of tyranny

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2
as in badness
the state or quality of being utterly evil the unspeakable atrociousness of the mass genocide that was perpetrated in that African nation

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as in cruelty
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others for sheer atrociousness the murders committed by Jack the Ripper occupy a special place in the annals of crime

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  1. cruelty
  2. horror
  3. atrocity
  4. brutality
Noun
  • His father, Colin Gray, is facing 29 charges — including two counts of involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and cruelty to children — related to the shooting at his son’s high school.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Oxford, no longer relevant to the contemporary world in so many ways, was advertising its special connection with the cruelty and suffering that had been rolled out across the entire planet, over centuries, and still rolling away.
    Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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  • That’s encouraging because the movie carries a $50 million budget, a hefty price tag for an elevated horror picture.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Silent Hill Silent Hill is one of the best horror games ever made, on the PS1 or otherwise.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of horror
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  • Anyone capable of the atrocities that Vick was responsible for is beyond redemption.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
  • For years, as reports of atrocities filtered out, Bashar al-Assad remained in power, propped up by Russian and Iranian allies.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of atrocity
Noun
  • Rasoulof’s story is harrowing, and the movie works as an urgent political thriller, a blunt domestic drama and a document of state brutality.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Civil War For a movie about political violence, police brutality, PTSD, and the ethics of journalism, a whole lot of people got a whole lot of mileage out of a single image of Jesse Plemons wearing heart sunglasses.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
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