atrocious vs painful

atrocious and painful both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, atrocious and painful are synonyms defined as:

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

atrocious (adjective)	painful (adjective)
provoking horror	causing physical or psychological pain
exceptionally bad or displeasing	exceptionally bad or displeasing
shockingly brutal or cruel	causing physical discomfort
	causing misery or pain or distress