Guilty vs Atrocious - What's the difference?

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Guilty is a related term of atrocious.

As adjectives the difference between guilty and atrocious

is that guilty is responsible for a dishonest act while atrocious is frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.

As a noun guilty

is (legal) a plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.

guilty

English

Adjective

(er)

Responsible for a dishonest act.

(lb) Judged to have committed a crime.

Having a sense of guilt.

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Blameworthy.

*:At twilight in the summereat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty —on the floor.

Synonyms

* (l) * (l) (dialectal)

Antonyms

* not guilty * innocent

Noun

(guilties)

(legal) A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.

(legal) A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.

One who is declared guilty of a crime.

* {{quote-book, 1997, , Everyone Is Entitled to My Opinion citation

, passage=The not guilties walked out and went to work if they had jobs; the guilties were hauled away to spend maybe thirty days on the county farm growing cabbage.}}

atrocious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.

Offensive or heinous. (rfex)

Very bad; abominable or disgusting.

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Usage notes

* Nouns to which "atrocious" is often applied: crime, act, murder, condition, spelling, grammar.