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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 outrageously adv outrageousness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
outrageous adjective 1. atrocious, shocking, terrible, violent, offensive, appalling, cruel, savage, horrible, beastly, horrifying, vicious, ruthless, infamous, disgraceful, scandalous, wicked, barbaric, unspeakable, inhuman, diabolical, heinous, flagrant, egregious, abominable, infernal, fiendish, villainous, nefarious, iniquitous, execrable, godawful (slang), hellacious (U.S. slang) I must apologize for my friend's outrageous behaviour. atrocious minor, mild, trivial, tolerable 2. unreasonable, unfair, excessive, steep (informal), shocking, over the top (slang), extravagant, too great, scandalous, preposterous, unwarranted, exorbitant, extortionate, immoderate, O.T.T. (slang) Charges for long-distance telephone calls are absolutely outrageous. unreasonable fair, reasonable, just, moderate, equitable Translations outrageous [aʊtˈreɪdʒəs] ADJ 1. (= shocking, intolerable) [conduct, decision, accusation] → escandaloso; [price, demands] → exorbitante, escandaloso; [act, crime] → atroz, monstruoso it's outrageous! I won't stand for it → ¡qué barbaridad! or ¡es escandaloso! no lo pienso consentir it is outrageous that taxpayers will have to foot the bill → es escandaloso que sean los contribuyentes los que tengan que pagar 2. (= extravagant) [clothes, fashion] → extravagante, estrafalario; [idea, story] → estrambótico she has an outrageous sense of humour → su sentido del humor es de escándalo he's outrageous! → ¡es increíble or imposible! outrageous [aʊtˈreɪdʒəs] adj [behaviour] → scandaleux/euse; [incident] → scandaleux/euse (= excessive) [claim, demand] → outrancier/ière (= absurd) [clothes, remark] → grotesque outrageous adj (= cruel, violent) → gräulich, verabscheuenswürdig; murder, rape, and other outrageous deeds → Mord, Vergewaltigung und andere Untaten remark, story, price, claim, behaviour → unerhört; demand, insolence, lie, arrogance etc → unerhört, unverschämt; nonsense → haarsträubend; language → entsetzlich, unflätig; charge, defamation etc → ungeheuerlich; clothes, make-up etc → ausgefallen, unmöglich (inf); (= indecent) → geschmacklos; complexity, selfishness → unglaublich, unerhört; outrageous colour → Schockfarbe f; he’s outrageous! → er ist unmöglich!; it’s absolutely outrageous that … → es ist einfach unerhört, dass … outrageous [aʊtˈreɪdʒəs] adj (language, joke, offensive) → scioccante; (price) → esorbitante; (clothes) → stravagante; (crime) → atroce it's outrageous that ... → è scandaloso che... outrageous [aʊtˈreɪdʒəs] adj (language, joke, offensive) → scioccante; (price) → esorbitante; (clothes) → stravagante; (crime) → atroce it's outrageous that ... → è scandaloso che... How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The charge was so outrageous that the steward for all answer only dropped his eyelids bashfully. True, among the more upright and honorable whalemen allowances are always made for peculiar cases, where it would be an outrageous moral injustice for one party to claim possession of a whale previously chased or killed by another party. The woman made a furious dash at a particularly outrageous cluster of little boys. |
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