Cruel vs Atrocious - What's the difference?
cruel | atrocious |
Not nice; mean; heartless.
(slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
Frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.
Offensive or heinous. (rfex)
Very bad; abominable or disgusting.
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As adjectives the difference between cruel and atrocious
is that cruel is not nice; mean; heartless while atrocious is frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.As a verb cruel
is to spoil or ruin (one's chance of success.cruel
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.