atrocity

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noun

1. The quality of passing all moral bounds: atrociousness, enormity, heinousness, monstrousness. See good/bad.
2. The quality or state of being flagrant: atrociousness, egregiousness, enormity, flagrance, flagrancy, flagrantness, glaringness, grossness, outrageousness, rankness. See good/bad.
3. A monstrous offense or evil: enormity, monstrosity, outrage. See right/wrong.

n

Definition: cruelness, offensiveness
Antonyms: kindness, pleasantness

n

Definition: outrageous behavior
Antonyms: good behavior, pleasantry

[ǝܒträsiṭē]

ǝˈträsiṭē n. pl. -ies an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury: forces were reported to have committed atrocities against the civilian population | war atrocities.

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IN BRIEF: A great cruelty or wicked act.

The evil witch performed one atrocity after another.

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• Violent Events - atrocity: cruel, inhumane act

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ugerning, rædselsgerning, grusomhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
grote wreedheid, gruweldaad, iets lelijks

Français (French)
n. - atrocité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Grausamkeit, Greueltat

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ως πράξη) φρικαλεότητα, αγριότητα, ωμότητα, κτηνωδία, (μτφ.) τερατούργημα

Italiano (Italian)
atrocità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - atrocidade (f), brutalidade (f), disparate (m), sandice (f), crueldade (f)

Русский (Russian)
жестокость, зверство

Español (Spanish)
n. - atrocidad, barbaridad, horror

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - grymhet, illdåd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
凶恶, 残暴, 暴行

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 兇惡, 殘暴, 暴行

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 극악, 큰 실수

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 暴虐, 非道, 残虐行為

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فظاعه, شناعه, وحشيه, رداه بالغه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אכזריות, זוועה‬

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