atrocious vs frightful

atrocious and frightful both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, atrocious and frightful are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of atrocious include horrible, horrifying, ugly.

atrocious (adjective)	frightful (adjective)
provoking horror	provoking horror
exceptionally bad or displeasing	extremely distressing
shockingly brutal or cruel	extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact