atrocious (
http://definr.com/atrocious)
adj 1: shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime";
"a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous
crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to
commit" [syn:
flagitious,
grievous,
heinous,
monstrous]
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" [syn:
abominable,
awful,
dreadful,
painful,
terrible,
unspeakable]
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" [syn:
frightful,
horrifying,
horrible,
ugly]