单词 | outrageous |
释义 | outrageous —outrageously, adv. —outrageousness, n. /owt ray"jeuhs/, adj. 1. of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander. 2. grossly offensive to the sense of right or decency: outrageous behavior; an outrageous remark. 3. passing reasonable bounds; intolerable or shocking: an outrageous price. 4. violent in action or temper. 5. highly unusual or unconventional; extravagant; remarkable: a child of the most outrageous precocity; a fancy dive performed with outrageous ease. [1275-1325; ME < MF outrageus. See OUTRAGE, -OUS] Syn. 1, 2, 3. See flagrant. 2. repugnant, insulting, shocking, revolting. 3. unthinkable, appalling. |
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