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Irreligious vs Atrocious - What's the difference?

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Irreligious is a related term of atrocious.


As adjectives the difference between irreligious and atrocious

is that irreligious is contrary to religious beliefs and practices while atrocious is frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.

irreligious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Contrary to religious beliefs and practices.
  • Describing a conscious rejection of religion.
  • Having no relation to religion; nonreligious.

    • Related terms

    * irreligiously * religious

    atrocious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.
  • Offensive or heinous. (rfex)
  • Very bad; abominable or disgusting.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "atrocious" is often applied: crime, act, murder, condition, spelling, grammar.

    Related terms

    * atrocity