It’s Wednesday, so that means it’s adjective day! Today’s adjective is the word “atrocious”, and it is used to describe something that is really, really bad. For example:
The dialogue in that movie was atrocious! Who wrote the script for that?
My sister is an atrocious cook! Everything she makes tastes horrible!
Did you see the dress that Kim was wearing the other day? It was purple and red with a strange picture of a flower on it. It was just atrocious!
The service at that restaurant was atrocious the last time I went there! I’ll never go back again!
My brother is an atrocious driver! I’m scared every time he gets behind the wheel of a car!
Generally, we don’t use this word to describe people except when describing their role at doing something (cook, driver, etc). It’s more common to use “atrocious” to describe things or situations.
The pronunciation of this word is /at TRO shus/.
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