atrocity

n., pl., -ties.

1. Appalling or atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness.
2. An appalling or atrocious act, situation, or object, especially an act of unusual or illegal cruelty inflicted by an armed force on civilians or prisoners.

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

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[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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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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