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atrociousness

atrociousness \atrociousness\ n. 1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.

Syn: atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness.

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atrociousness

n. the state of being atrocious

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atrociousness

n. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness]

Usage examples of "atrociousness".

Amongst ourselves, some have been guilty of that atrociousness, unknown to the Egyptian and Grecian superstitions, of declaiming in express terms, against morality.

And the very atrociousness of the stories would prevent their being believed.

Kayla was feeding not only for her own existence, or through her own atrociousness, but for the nourishment for her only child.

While they were absent, Mybaloë told me how warning of the plan to poison me had been brought to her by another of Mergawe's friends, who had recoiled at the final hour from the atrociousness and audacity of such a design.