outrageous

[ out-rey-juhs ]

adjective

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.

   Synonyms: revolting, shocking, insulting, repugnant

3. passing reasonable bounds; intolerable or shocking:

   an outrageous price.

   Synonyms: appalling, unthinkable

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.

outrageous

/ aʊtˈreɪdʒəs /

adjective

1. being or having the nature of an outrage
2. grossly offensive to decency, authority, etc
3. violent or unrestrained in behaviour or temperament
4. extravagant or immoderate

Derived Forms

• outˈrageously, adverb
• outˈrageousness, noun

Other Words From

• out·rageous·ly adverb
• out·rageous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of outrageous¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Middle French outrageus. See outrage, -ous

Synonym Study

See flagrant.

Example Sentences

The correct frame for this election was not how entertaining or outrageous anyone is, or how well one side or another is doing.

From Salon

This outrageous fiction builds on decades of GOP puffery and media complicity.

From Salon

The way they get power is to keep millions of people spun up on outrageous lies about Haitians, trans people, Taylor Swift or whoever gets assigned the Bogeyman of the Day.

From Salon

South Park has always worked on multiple levels - offering outrageous forbidden shock value for schoolchildren while delivering crunching adult satire.

From BBC

This obscure and hilariously outrageous takeoff on the genre of Italian opera buffa, written in 1846, turned out to be the hit of the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• barbaric
• brazen
• disgraceful
• egregious
• flagrant
• heinous
• horrendous
• horrible
• inhuman
• scandalous
• scurrilous
• shocking
• violent
• wanton