Meaning of OUTRAGEOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'awtreyjus
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- [adj] greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
- [adj] grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
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| | Synonyms: | | exorbitant, extortionate, hideous, horrid, horrific, immoderate, offensive, steep, unconscionable, usurious |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Out*ra"geous\, a. [OF. outrageus, F. outrageux. See
{Outrage}, n.]
Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right,
reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious;
violent; atrocious. ``Outrageous weeping.'' --Chaucer. ``The
most outrageous villainies.'' --Sir P. Sidney. ``The vile,
outrageous crimes.'' --Shak. ``Outrageous panegyric.''
--Dryden.
Syn: Violent; furious; exorbitant; excessive; atrocious;
monstrous; wanton; nefarious; heinous. --
{Out*ra"geous*ly} (out*r[=a]"j[u^]s*l[y^]), adv. --
{Out*ra"geous*ness}, n.
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