ATROCIOUSNESS

atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness

(noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

atrociousness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being atrocious.

Synonym: atrocity

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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