atrocity UK /əˈtɹɒsɪti/US /əˈtɹɑsɪti/ noun3 •An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.The regime is guilty of mass atrocities including forced displacement and the use of chemical weapons. •The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.an apology devised after the commission of the deed, to cover up its atrocity — 1843 •An object considered to be extremely unattractive or undesirable.[S]ome of the printers were good singers and others good performers on the guitar and on that atrocity the accordeon—[…] — 1870 formsatrocities