egregious

e·gre·gious  (-grjs, -j-s)

adj.

Conspicuously bad or offensive. See Synonyms at flagrant.

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[From Latin gregius, outstanding : -, ex-, ex- + grex, greg-, herd; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]

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e·gregious·ly adv.

e·gregious·ness n.

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egregious [ɪˈgriːdʒəs -dʒɪəs]

adj

1. outstandingly bad; flagrant an egregious lie

2. Archaic distinguished; eminent

[from Latin ēgregius outstanding (literally: standing out from the herd), from ē- out + grex flock, herd]

egregiously  adv

egregiousness  n

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egregious - First meant "remarkably good" and "standing out or apart from the flock or herd; eminent"; its later derogatory sense is probably an ironical use.

See also related terms for herd.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

egregious - 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" flagrant, glaring, crying, rank, gross conspicuous - obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"

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egregious

adjective grievous, shocking, appalling, notorious, horrifying, outrageous, glaring, horrific, infamous, intolerable, monstrous, scandalous, frightful, gross, rank, heinous, flagrant, abhorrent, insufferable, arrant the most egregious abuses of human rights

Translations

egregious [ɪˈgriːdʒəs] ADJ → atroz, enorme; [liar etc] → notorio

egregious

adj → ausgemacht, ungeheuerlich