egregious
Meaning of egregious
- outstandingly bad; shocking.
egregious abuses of copyright
- remarkably good.
mid 16th century (in egregious (sense 2)): from Latin egregius ‘illustrious’, literally ‘standing out from the flock’, from ex- ‘out’ + grex, greg- ‘flock’. Sense 1 (late 16th century) probably arose as an ironic use.
Information about egregious
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of egregious
egre-gious
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- egregious is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
egregious synonyms
Meaning crying:
crying, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank
Meaning causing indignation or disgust; offensive:
Meaning causing shock or dismay; horrific:
Meaning causing horror:
Meaning causing horror; extremely shocking:
Meaning causing or likely to cause horror; shocking:
Meaning extremely bad or serious:
Meaning very bad or unpleasant:
Meaning causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious:
Meaning (of something bad) very severe or serious:
Meaning causing great horror or fear:
Meaning extremely unpleasant:
Meaning extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible:
Meaning very unpleasant, serious, or shocking:
Meaning horrifyingly wicked:
Meaning causing moral revulsion:
Meaning inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant:
Meaning shockingly bad or excessive:
Meaning inhumanly or outrageously evil or wrong:
Meaning of the nature of a nightmare; very frightening or unpleasant:
Meaning (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked:
Meaning acutely distressing:
Meaning extremely serious or urgent:
Meaning too bad or horrific to express in words:
Meaning worthy of or causing shame or disgrace:
Meaning (of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly:
Meaning (of a state of affairs) disgracefully bad:
Meaning so bad as to be unable to be forgiven or excused:
Meaning (of a fault or offence) too severe to be pardoned; unforgivable:
Meaning unable to be endured:
egregious antonyms
Meaning causing great wonder; extraordinary:
Translation of egregious
- Spanish: terrible, infame, escandaloso
- German: abscheulich, unerhört, ungeheuerlich, schändlich, skandalös, schmählich
- French: outrageux, scandaleux, infame
Words that rhyme with egregious
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