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egregious
[ ih-gree-juhs, -jee-uhs ]
adjective
an egregious mistake; an egregious liar.
Synonyms: shocking, notorious, outrageous, gross
Antonyms: unnoticeable, minor, moderate, tolerable
- Archaic. distinguished or eminent.
egregious
/ -dʒɪəs; ɪˈɡriːdʒəs /
adjective
- outstandingly bad; flagrant
an egregious lie
- archaic.distinguished; eminent
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Derived Forms
- eˈgregiously, adverb
- eˈgregiousness, noun
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Other Words From
- e·gregious·ly adverb
- e·gregious·ness noun
- none·gregious adjective
- none·gregious·ly adverb
- none·gregious·ness noun
- une·gregious adjective
- une·gregious·ly adverb
- une·gregious·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of egregious1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of egregious1
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Example Sentences
Perhaps one of the most egregious examples is the abuse of civil asset forfeiture laws.
They are both complicit in this, though my mother is the more egregious offender.
Here are just a few of the most egregious uses of lethal force by Chicago police.
The most egregious uses of lethal force have been borne by people with intellectual disabilities and children.
To call Wild an emotional film would be an egregious disservice to its astounding journey to screen.
So far, so good; but, in another quarter, Allcraft suddenly discovered that he had committed an egregious blunder.
Fust I knew them geysers begun for to groan egregious like, an' I seen the caribou gallopin' hell-bent south.
"That young man is a most egregious ass," said Mr Whittlestaff.
Here was a house that gratified his sensuous nature through and through, and appealed irresistibly to his egregious vanity.
That the general question of property is at all affected by the obliteration of this interest, is an egregious error.
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