atrocious vs dreadful

atrocious and dreadful both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
atrocious	No	Yes	No	No
dreadful	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, atrocious and dreadful are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of atrocious include abominable, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable.

atrocious (adjective)	dreadful (adjective)
provoking horror	causing fear or dread or terror
exceptionally bad or displeasing	exceptionally bad or displeasing
shockingly brutal or cruel	extremely disagreeable and unpleasant