outrageous comment
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- noun
- /ˈaʊtˌreɪdʒəs ˈkɑːmɛnt/
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comentario escandaloso
- The senator faced backlash for her outrageous comment about the proposed law.
- make outrageous comments
Examples
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Because honestly, outside of Mitt Romney's outrageous comments, this whole affair has been much ado about nothing.
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I just saw a tweet about another outrageous comment.
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Is that by itself an outrageous comment, and if so, why?
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What I see is democracy in action: Mr. Trump made outrageous comments and deserves to feel repercussions.
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Frum goes on to state an incredible array of outrageous comments and characterizations from conservative media.
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Congressman Joe Walsh is no stranger to making outrageous comments, and now he says that abortion never saves the life of the mother.
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He refused to condemn the outrageous comments made by some of his GOP friends regarding women.
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In other words, your trial verdict was a sham (and ditto for the conduct of the trial itself, particularly outrageous comments by the judge about another priest who was guilty of sexual crimes).
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"That's an outrageous comment, but if Beck's audience believes that, or that the government intends to set up "death panels," or that Obama is a Muslim Socialist Czarist from Kenya, they're clearly confused and paranoid enough to believe anything.
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His outrageous comment during the meeting left everyone in shock.
Synonyms
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A rude remark that hurts or upsets someone
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A remark that is rude, hurtful, or not suitable for the situation
A statement that makes many people very angry or upset
A very harsh and angry comment meant to hurt someone
A remark that is harsh and meant to hurt someone's feelings
A bold, slightly rude comment that makes people laugh
Antonyms
How Shocking
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'outrageous' (blatantly offensive or shocking) with 'comment' (a spoken or written statement); there is no idiomatic shift or metaphorical extension. This straightforward adjective + noun composition is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the phrase's meaning.
Etymology
Outrageous comment comes from the idea that the word outrageous, made from the parts 'out' and 'rage', describes speech so bold it pushes people 'out' of calm and into 'rage'. So an outrageous comment means a shocking or improper statement that makes people react strongly.