Both Uses of
atrocious
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- And how could such an atrocious thing come into my head?†
Chpt 1.1 *
- Only consider, I struck her just twice with a switch—there were no marks even...don't regard me as a cynic, please; I am perfectly aware how atrocious it was of me and all that; but I know for certain, too, that Marfa Petrovna was very likely pleased at my, so to say, warmth.†
Chpt 4.1
Definition:
exceptionally bad, cruel, or ugly