English noun: atrocity | |||
1. | atrocity (attribute) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | ||
Synonyms | atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inhumaneness, inhumanity | ||
2. | atrocity (act) an act of atrocious cruelty | ||
Synonyms | inhumanity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cruelty, inhuman treatment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | barbarism, barbarity, brutality, enormity, outrage, savagery | ||