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ATROCIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does atrociousness mean?
• ATROCIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun ATROCIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
Familiarity information: ATROCIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
atrociousness; atrocity; barbarity; barbarousness; heinousness
Hypernyms ("atrociousness" is a kind of...):
inhumaneness; inhumanity (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)
Derivation:
atrocious (shockingly brutal or cruel)
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