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outrageous Definition

out·ra·geous (o̵ut′rā′jəs)

adjective

  1. having the nature of, involving, or doing great injury or wrong
  2. exceeding all bounds of decency or reasonableness; very offensive or shocking
  3. violent in action or disposition; unrestrained

Etymology: OFr outrageus: see outrage & -ous

outrageous Related Forms
out′·ra′·geously adverb out′·ra′·geous·ness noun
outrageous Synonyms

outrageous

modif.

offensive, shocking, flagrant, monstrous, atrocious, heinous, intolerable, appalling, extreme, excessive, inordinate, immoderate, intemperate, extravagant, fantastic, wild, unconventional, unrestrained, unreasonable, unspeakable, unconscionable, exorbitant, wanton, shameful, opprobrious, notorious, shameless, disgraceful, brazen, barefaced, gross, scandalous, insulting, abusive, oppressive, dishonorable, reprehensible, injurious, glaring, egregious, rank, despicable, ignoble, contumelious, scurrilous, odious, flagitious, nefarious, iniquitous, barbarous, wicked, violent, villainous, horrendous, infamous, corrupt, degenerate, criminal, abandoned, vile, horrifying, abominable, execrable, bizarre, outlandish, outré, overmuch; see also offensive 2, shameful 1, 2.

Antonyms acceptable, honorable, moderate.

outrageous applies to that which so exceeds all bounds of right, morality, decency, or reasonableness, as to be intolerable an outrageous insult, outrageous prices; flagrant implies a glaringly bad or openly evil character in people or their acts a flagrant sinner, a flagrant violation; monstrous and atrocious are applied to that which is shockingly evil, wrong, or cruel a monstrous lie, atrocious cruelty; or, in a weakened sense, extremely bad atrocious manners ; heinous implies such extreme wickedness as to arouse the strongest hatred and revulsion a heinous crime

outrageous Usage Examples

Preposition: that

  • people: It is outrageous that people are encouraged to train to become nurses only to find themselves without a job.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • do: Well, the idea was that [ the Dwarfers ] would discover them just about to do something outrageous in these outfits.

Modifies a noun

  • antic: The club features a team of sexy, enterprising young women who tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics.
  • fortune: Having suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, I still didn't give up.
  • outfits: The campaign asks people to wear their most outrageous bright outfits to raise money for the charity.
  • slur: Comment by Bloggers4Labour | 2 November 2005 at 11:30 pm # That's an outrageous slur and a complete rewrite of history.
  • betrayal: This is an outrageous betrayal of the British people who were led to believe that this Government had a commitment to reduce animal experiments.
  • stunt: He sought to further this through a series of ever-more outrageous stunts.

Modifying Another Word

  • morally: In line one, God becomes the universal Father; in line two, human sin becomes foolish, not morally outrageous.
  • absolutely: Friends of the Earth's Food Campaigner, Pete Riley said: " This is absolutely outrageous.
  • utterly: One said: " I think it's totally and utterly outrageous.
  • totally: The position is totally outrageous that the honest citizen is no longer able to go to court to defend an alleged debt.
  • truly: The truly outrageous stuff is on Al Jazeera ( the closest the Arab world gets to a free-spoken news channel ) from Qatar.
  • sometimes: Quotable Jazz collects the best of these often funny, sometimes outrageous, always enlightening quotes.

Infinitive complement

  • suggest: Personally I do not think its outrageous to suggest that someone may have a drink problem.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: To some the dispute over opium may seem outrageous, to others delightfully ironic.
  • consider: At the time it was considered outrageous to use such an " extreme " device on Classic Trials.
  • become: But as the demands of leading the party parade escalated, Michael's behavior became increasingly outrageous.
  • get: This isn't a cookbook about getting outrageous with food.
  • look: If he does tho the 16/1 or whatever he is will look outrageous.
outrageous Quotes

People don't know how to be outrageous any more.

—Lemmy

Browse dictionary entries near outrageous

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  8. ‹ outport
  9. ‹ outpoll
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