outrageous
- adjective
- /ˌaʊtˈreɪdʒəs/
- It is a work of journalism, of outrageous superficiality.
- outrageous behavior
- an outrageous act
- outrageous violence
But I had to do things, outrageous thing to get attention.
- But I had to do things, outrageous thing to get attention.
- Don't be absolutely outrageous because it's not nice.
- If you don't know him, booted off of Twitch for some outrageous statements.
- She was so outrageous she broke every rule there was to break.
- All right, clearly fake and clearly outrageous and awful.
- You know, you've got Donald Trump saying something quite outrageous, sending a tweet.
- And Eric Schmidt rightly described this practice as outrageous.
- It was just, it was outrageous and killed us.
- But the reaction with the two tier of care was was outrageous.
- So to impose it in this way was seen as outrageous.
- This is outrageous and the Democratic response is pathetic.
Examples
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But why was such an outrageous offense punished with what many believed to be nothing more than a slap on the wrist?
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Isn't this an outrageous sort of thing to be doing?
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l find this outrageous, especially coming from you.
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Now that's outrageous to say what you just said.
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That was truly outrageous, says Jem.
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They said his demands were outrageous.
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The war in Sudan raged on with outrageous, systematic violations of human rights.
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...this is the most outrageous spectacle I've ever witnessed.
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After about ten minutes of listening to Fiona's semihysterical telling of her outrageous story, Jeremy interrupted.
Fiction book (2000) -
The company's outrageous prices have driven away many loyal customers.
Synonyms
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
Very surprising and upsetting in a way that makes people angry or sad
Causing great fear or shock
Very ugly and likely to make people feel shocked or disgusted
Causing shock and strong disgust because it is very bad
Very bad and obvious in a way that shocks people
A very unpleasant thing that shocks or disgusts you
Very bad or shocking behaviour that makes people lose respect
Causing shock or strong disapproval by offending people's ideas of right and wrong
Very unpleasant and morally wrong to most people
Very bad and unacceptable, deserving strong criticism
Very shocking and upsetting to many people because it breaks moral rules
Very bad or morally wrong so people strongly dislike it
Causing strong dislike or disgust because people see it as morally wrong
Very unfair and wrong in a way that harms people
Very rude and likely to make people feel angry or hurt
Antonyms
Compounds
How Offensive
- Literature
- Offensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Outrageous comes from the word outrage, which originally meant 'beyond the limits' and is related to the simple word out. So an outrageous action goes past what is right or decent, which is why it feels shocking and offensive.