outrageousness
dʒəs adjective
2.
grossly offensive to the sense of right or decency: outrageous behavior; an outrageous remark.
3.
passing reasonable bounds; intolerable or shocking: an outrageous price.
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.
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outrageous (aʊtˈreɪdʒəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 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 |
| out'rageously | |
| —adv | |
| out'rageousness | |
| —n | |
| outrageous (aʊtˈreɪdʒəs) | |
| —adj | |
| 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 |
| out'rageously | |
| —adv | |
| out'rageousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
outrageous
early 14c., from O.Fr. outrageus, see outrage; modern teen slang usages of it unwittingly approach the original and etymological sense of outrage. Related: Outrageously.
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