ATROCITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An act of atrocious cruelty

Synonyms:

atrocity; inhumanity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("atrocity" is a kind of...):

cruelty; inhuman treatment (a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "atrocity"):

barbarism; barbarity; brutality; savagery (a brutal barbarous savage act)

outrage (a wantonly cruel act)

enormity (an act of extreme wickedness)

Derivation:

atrocious (shockingly brutal or cruel)

Meaning:

The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("atrocity" is a kind of...):

inhumaneness; inhumanity (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)

Derivation:

atrocious (shockingly brutal or cruel)