outrageous
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outrageous
- /aʊtˈɹeɪ.d͡ʒəs/ Canada, US, UK
- /æɔtˈɹæɪ.d͡ʒəs/ Australia
- /æʊtˈɹæɪ.d͡ʒəs/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -eɪdʒəs
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman outrageus, Middle French outrageus, from outrage; equivalent to outrage + -ous.
adjective more outrageous · most outrageous · outragious
- Violating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront. To be, or not to be, that is the Question: / Whether 'tis Nobler in the minde to suffer / The Slings and Arrowes of outragious Fortune, / Or to take Armes against a Sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them [...].
- Transgressing reasonable limits; extravagant, immoderate. "Now, the Lord have mercy upon me!" exclaimed Sir Robert, sinking back in his chair; "there is nothing in the world so unreasonable as a pretty woman. Well, let me hear what outrageous proposition is about to come from two at once!"
- Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
- Fierce, violent. For els my feeble vessell, crazd and crackt / Through thy strong buffets and outrageous blowes, / Cannot endure, but needes it must be wrackt [...].
Similar: preposterous
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: offensive, horrific, hideous, horrid, unconscionable, immoderate, exorbitant, extortionate, usurious, steep, insulting, egregious, abusive, scandalous, obnoxious, scandal
adjective
Similar: preposterous
Translations
Every language
adj transgressing reasonable limits — see also extravagant
| Ελληνικά | εξωφρενικός exofrenikós |
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adj shocking
| Español | indignante, inaudito, escandaloso, apabullante, aberrante, atroz |
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| 日本語 | 法外な hōgai-na, 無法な muhō-na, 怪しからん keshikaran |
| 中文 | 不像話 /不像话 bù xiànghuà |
| Português | ultrajante, insultuoso, exorbitante |
| Français | outrageant, scandaleux |
| Deutsch | ungeheuerlich, haarsträubend, schockierend, verstörend, empörend |
| Ελληνικά | αποτρόπαιος apotrópaios, προκλητικός proklitikós, αισχρός aischrós |
| Română | scandalos, rușinos, revoltător |
| Русский | вопию́щий vopijúščij, возмути́тельный vozmutítelʹnyj |
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title = {outrageous},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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