atrocious

Adjective

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  frightful , horrifying , horrible , ugly , abominable , awful , dreadful , painful , terrible , unspeakable , flagitious , grievous , monstrous