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: a-tro-ci-ou-sly. The stress falls on "ci".

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.