egregious
Americanadjective
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extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant.
an egregious mistake; an egregious liar.
- Synonyms:
- shocking, notorious, outrageous, gross
- Antonyms:
- unnoticeable, minor, moderate, tolerable
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Archaic. distinguished or eminent.
adjective
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outstandingly bad; flagrant
an egregious lie
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archaic distinguished; eminent
Other Word Forms
- egregiously adverb
- egregiousness noun
- nonegregious adjective
- nonegregiously adverb
- nonegregiousness noun
- unegregious adjective
- unegregiously adverb
- unegregiousness noun
Etymology
Origin of egregious
First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin ēgregius “preeminent, outstanding,” equivalent to ē- + greg-, stem of grēx “flock” + -ius adjective suffix; e- 1, -ous
Example Sentences
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The site uses nine factors to judge reliability, including whether an organization publishes material that is “significantly false or egregiously misleading.”
Rights groups have denounced the sentence as "draconian" and "egregious".
From BBC
This is especially egregious if it’s a team of people.
From MarketWatch
On show too were the lapses in concentration, none more egregious than a double fault in the second set that sent the match to a decider.
From BBC
Both killings have drawn international attention and condemnation over the government's egregiously false accounts of what happened, intensifying public concern about the conduct and oversight of federal immigration operations.
From Barron's
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