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[ out-rey-juhs ] / aʊtˈreɪ dʒəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR outrageous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof 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 outrageousFirst recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Middle French outrageus. See outrage, -ous SYNONYMS FOR outrageous2 repugnant, insulting, shocking, revolting. 3 unthinkable, appalling. SEE SYNONYMS FOR outrageous ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for outrageous1-3. See flagrant. OTHER WORDS FROM outrageousout·ra·geous·ly, adverbout·ra·geous·ness, nounWords nearby outrageousout-process, outpull, output, outrace, outrage, outrageous, Outram, outrance, outrang, outrange, outrank Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for outrageousNone of this, however, is what makes Confessions so outrageous. An Ivy League Frat Boy’s Shallow Repentance|Stefan Beck|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST 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. Assuming GOP Does Take the Senate, Dems Have Nothing to Fear|Veronique de Rugy|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST 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
adjectivebeing 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 outrageousoutrageously, adverboutrageousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to outrageousinhuman, flagrant, scandalous, egregious, violent, brazen, scurrilous, heinous, barbaric, wanton, horrible, shocking, horrendous, disgraceful, crazy, excessive, offensive, unreasonable, preposterous, exorbitant |