No. 8,664 in French
atroces
Extremely cruel, horrific, or terrible.
In a sentence
Les victimes ont vécu des souffrances atroces.
The victims endured atrocious sufferings.
Here, 'atroces' is used as an adjective to describe the extreme severity of the sufferings.
Les conditions de vie dans ce camp étaient atroces.
The living conditions in this camp were atrocious.
In this sentence, 'atroces' qualifies 'conditions de vie' to express their appalling and intolerable nature.
Ma tension artérielle était atroces pendant la crise.
My blood pressure was atrocious during the crisis.
'Atroces' here modifies 'tension artérielle' to indicate it was abnormally high or problematic.
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