atrocious vs terrible

atrocious and terrible both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, atrocious and terrible are synonyms defined as:

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

atrocious (adjective)	terrible (adjective)
provoking horror	causing fear or dread or terror
exceptionally bad or displeasing	extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
shockingly brutal or cruel	intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
	exceptionally bad or displeasing