painful vs atrocious

painful and atrocious both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, painful and atrocious are synonyms defined as:

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

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