atrocity

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French atrocité, from Latin atrōcitātem, from atrox (“terrible, cruel”) + -tās, from āter (“matte black”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈtɹɒsɪti/ enPR: ə-trŏs'ĭ-tē Rhymes: -ɒsɪti === Noun === atrocity (countable and uncountable, plural atrocities) (countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice. Synonyms: depravity, outrage, turpitude; see also Thesaurus:atrocity (uncountable) The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty. Synonyms: atrociousness, brutality, heinousness, enormity 1553, John Bradford, letter, in Miles Coverdale (ed.), Certain Most Godly, Fruitful, and Comfortable letters, London: John Day, 1564, pp. 481-482,[4] Thys wil I muse on, & way with my self, [tha]t I may dulye knowe, both in me and in al other things, the atrocitie and bitternesse of synne which dwelleth in me, & so may the more hartely geue ouer my self wholy to [th]e lord Christ my Sauiour, (countable) An object considered to be extremely unattractive or undesirable. Synonym: abomination ==== Related terms ==== atrocious ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== crime against humanity war crime === Further reading === “atrocity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “atrocity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “atrocity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === citatory