terrible vs atrocious

terrible and atrocious both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, terrible and atrocious are synonyms defined as:

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

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