atrocity

Other forms of atrocity

plural

atrocities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about atrocity

What does atrocity mean?

atrocity means "the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in atrocity?

atrocity has 4 syllables: a-tro-ci-ty. The stress falls on "tro". In IPA it is /əˈtɹɑsəti/.

What is another word for atrocity?

Close synonyms include atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness, inhumanity. 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 atrocity a common word?

atrocity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.