Excessive vs Atrocious - What's the difference?
excessive | atrocious | Related terms |
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
Frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.
Offensive or heinous. (rfex)
Very bad; abominable or disgusting.
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As adjectives the difference between excessive and atrocious
is that excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate while atrocious is frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.excessive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."