Hyphenation of atrocious

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word atrocious? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of atrocious:

1.	Shockingly brutal or cruel Murder is an atrocious crime A grievous offense against morality A grievous crime No excess was too monstrous for them to commit
2.	Exceptionally bad or displeasing Atrocious taste Abominable workmanship An awful voice Dreadful manners A painful performance Terrible handwriting An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
3.	Provoking horror An atrocious automobile accident A frightful crime of decapitation An alarming
4.	Even horrifying
5.	Picture War is beyond all words horrible- Winston Churchill An ugly wound

Synonyms of atrocious:

adj	flagitious, grievous, heinous, monstrous, evil, wicked
adj	abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable, bad
adj	frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly, alarming

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.