Vocabulary
Atrocious
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
horrifyingly wicked.
Urdu meaning
ظالمانہ، سفاکانہ، بدذات
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Imperial Britain, for example, issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917; this atrocious document triggered the Nakba and laid the foundation for the birth of Israel in 1948.
- By this I mean that while we practise charity through donations, the way we treat other humans, sentient beings and our environment is mostly atrocious.
- UN Secretary General António Guterres called this dire situation `beyond description, beyond atrocious and beyond inhumane`.
- With regard to who may actually be behind this atrocious crime, the Iranian ambassador to Pakistan has said `traitorous elements, in collaboration with international terrorism` are involved.
- The fact is that the state needs to take bold steps to end this atrocious practice.
Synonyms
brutal,savage, barbaric, barbarous,nasty, ruthless, brutish, vicious, wicked, cruel
Antonyms
admirable, kindly
Curator example
“atrocious cruelties”
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