atrocity, inhumanity
(noun) an act of atrocious cruelty
atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness
(noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
Source: WordNet® 3.1
atrocity (countable and uncountable, plural atrocities)
(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.
Synonyms: atrociousness, brutality, heinousness
(countable) An object considered to be extremely unattractive or undesirable.
Synonym: abomination
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Source: Wiktionary
A*troc"i*ty, n.; pl. Atrocities. Etym: [F. atrocité, L. atrocitas, fr. atrox, atrocis, cruel.]
1. Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.
2. An atrocious or extremely cruel deed. The atrocities which attend a victory. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 December 2024
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
