atrociously

What does atrociously mean?

atrociously means "in a terrible manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in atrociously?

atrociously has 5 syllables and divides as a-tro-ci-ou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for atrociously?

Close synonyms include terribly, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atrociously a common word?

atrociously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for atrociously come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.