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Egregious

Egregious Meaning & Definition
Egregious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Egregious?

[adj] conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Egregious: conspicuous | crying(a) | flagrant | glaring | gross | obvious | rank

Related Terms | Find terms related to Egregious: a bit much | abandoned | abominable | absolute | all-embracing | all-encompassing | all-out | all-pervading | appalling | arrant | astonishing | atrocious | awful | base | beastly | beneath contempt | blameworthy | born | boundless | broad-based | brutal | capital | classical | clean | clear | complete | comprehensive | congenital | conspicuous | consummate | contemptible | crass | decided | deep-dyed | definitive | deplorable | despicable | detestable | dire | disgusting | downright | dreadful | dyed-in-the-wool | enormous | exaggerated | exceptional | excessive | exhaustive | exorbitant | extraordinary | extravagant | extreme | fabulous | fancy | fantastic | fetid | filthy | flagrant | formidable | foul | fulsome | gigantic | glaring | gluttonous | grievous | gross | hateful | heinous | high | horrible | horrid | hyperbolic | hypertrophied | immoderate | incontinent | incredible | infamous | inordinate | intemperate | intensive | intolerable | lamentable | loathsome | lousy | marked | marvelous | monstrous | nasty | nefarious | noisome | notable | noteworthy | noticeable | notorious | obnoxious | odious | of mark | offensive | omnibus | omnipresent | out of bounds | out of sight | out-and-out | outrageous | outright | outstanding | overbig | overdeveloped | overgreat | overgrown | overlarge | overmuch | overweening | perfect | pervasive | pitiable | pitiful | plain | plumb | positive | precious | preposterous | profound | pronounced | proper | pure | radical | rank | regrettable | regular | remarkable | reprehensible | repulsive | rotten | sad | scandalous | schlock | scurvy | shabby | shameful | shattering | sheer | shocking | shoddy | signal | sordid | squalid | stark | stark-staring | steep | stiff | straight | striking | superior | superlative | surpassing | sweeping | terrible | the veriest | thorough | thoroughgoing | through-and-through | too bad | too much | total | ubiquitous | unbearable | unbridled | unclean | uncommon | unconditional | unconscionable | undeniable | undue | unequivocal | universal | unmitigated | unqualified | unreasonable | unrelieved | unreserved | unrestrained | unrestricted | unspoiled | utter | veritable | vile | villainous | wholesale | woeful | wonderful | worst | worthless | wretched

See Also |

Egregious In Webster's Dictionary

\E*gre"gious\ (?; 277), a. [L. egregius; lit., separated or chosen from the herd, i. e., distinguished, excellent; e out + grex, gregis, herd. See {Gregarious}.] Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake. The egregious impudence of this fellow. --Bp. Hall. His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be neglected. --Milton.

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