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Sneaky vs Atrocious - What's the difference?

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Sneaky is a related term of atrocious.


As adjectives the difference between sneaky and atrocious

is that sneaky is difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries while atrocious is frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.

sneaky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries
  • Catching those thieves will be hard, they're so sneaky they keep deluding us
  • dishonest; deceitful
  • Synonyms

    * slippery * evasive, dodgy

    Derived terms

    * sneaky pete * sneaky suspicion * sneaky romainians

    atrocious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.
  • Offensive or heinous. (rfex)
  • Very bad; abominable or disgusting.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}

    Usage notes

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