Pernicious vs Atrocious - What's the difference?
pernicious | atrocious | Related terms |
Causing much harm in a subtle way.
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Causing death or injury; deadly.
Frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.
Offensive or heinous. (rfex)
Very bad; abominable or disgusting.
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Pernicious is a related term of atrocious.
As adjectives the difference between pernicious and atrocious
is that pernicious is causing much harm in a subtle way while atrocious is frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.pernicious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Puritanism no longer employs the thumbscrew and lash; but it still has a most pernicious hold on the minds and feelings of the American people.