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atrocity

noun
/əˈtɹɒsɪti/UK/əˈtɹɑsɪti/US

Etymology

From Middle French atrocité, from Latin atrōcitās, from atrōx (“terrible, cruel”) + -tās, from āter (“matte black”).

  1. derived from atrōcitās
  2. derived from atrocité

Definitions

  1. An extremely cruel act

    An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

    • to carry out / commit / perpetrate an atrocity
    • The regime is guilty of mass atrocities including forced displacement and the use of chemical weapons.
    • […] it seemed an atrocity or cruelty to Narses a good General, to take punishment of innoxious Hostages:

  2. The quality or state of being atrocious

    The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.

    • an apology devised after the commission of the deed, to cover up its atrocity

  3. An object considered to be extremely unattractive or undesirable.

    • [S]ome of the printers were good singers and others good performers on the guitar and on that atrocity the accordeon—[…]
    • The Pools had given them a “hanging lamp,” coveted by the farmer’s wife; a hideous atrocity in yellow, with pink roses on its shade and prisms dangling and tinkling all around the edge.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA