outrageous

[ out-rey-juh s ]

/ aʊtˈreɪ dʒəs /

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adjective

of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.

grossly offensive to the sense of right or decency: outrageous behavior; an outrageous remark.

passing reasonable bounds; intolerable or shocking: an outrageous price.

violent in action or temper.

highly unusual or unconventional; extravagant; remarkable: a child of the most outrageous precocity; a fancy dive performed with outrageous ease.

Origin of outrageous

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English word from Middle French word outrageus. See outrage, -ous

SYNONYMS FOR outrageous

1–3 See flagrant.

2 repugnant, insulting, shocking, revolting.

3 unthinkable, appalling.

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OTHER WORDS FROM outrageous

out·ra·geous·ly, adverb out·ra·geous·ness, noun

Words nearby outrageous

outpouring, outpull, output, outrace, outrage, outrageous, outram, outran, outrance, outrang, outrange

Example sentences from the Web for outrageous

None of this, however, is what makes Confessions so outrageous.

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As noted by Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey in dissent, this is an outrageous position.

All The Wrong Reasons to Ban Gay Unions |Jay Michaelson |November 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They also passed an outrageous Farm Bill that subsidizes rich farmers and keeps domestic prices artificially high.

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In their incongruity and outrageous character, they were more and more effective.

Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween |Joseph Campbell |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

They got smaller and smaller; and the costumes became more and more incongruous and outrageous.

Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween |Joseph Campbell |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The trial was conducted with an outrageous disregard of the forms of justice.

Theodoric the Goth |Thomas Hodgkin
This thing of the doctors of all the companies combining to keep a record against a man is outrageous.

Facts And Fictions Of Life |Helen H. Gardener
Well, it was very unpardonable,—outrageous, the scandalized neighbors were beginning already to say in their rooms.

A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. |Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
After all, he was the only clergyman in the crowd; he ought to have thought of that, instead of this outrageous mock-bishop.

Four-Day Planet |Henry Beam Piper
Many of them are outrageous with Fox upon the idea of his coalition.

Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third |The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

British Dictionary definitions for outrageous

outrageous

/ (aʊtˈreɪdʒəs) /

adjective

being or having the nature of an outrage

grossly offensive to decency, authority, etc

violent or unrestrained in behaviour or temperament

extravagant or immoderate

Derived forms of outrageous

outrageously, adverb outrageousness, noun

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