All 3 Uses of
atrocious
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- The commutation of his death sentence had been due to some doubts as to his complete sanity, so atrocious was his conduct.†
Chpt 6 *
- A little investigation showed me that a school had come to grief under atrocious circumstances, and that the man who had owned it—the name was different—had disappeared with his wife.†
Chpt 12
- Since the tragic upshot of our visit to Devonshire he had been engaged in two affairs of the utmost importance, in the first of which he had exposed the atrocious conduct of Colonel Upwood in connection with the famous card scandal of the Nonpareil Club, while in the second he had defended the unfortunate Mme. Montpensier from the charge of murder which hung over her in connection with the death of her step-daughter, Mlle.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(atrocious) exceptionally bad, cruel, or ugly