Antonyms for outrageous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : out-rey-juh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : aʊtˈreɪ dʒəs |
Definition of outrageous
Origin :- c.1300, "excessive, extravagant," from Old French outrageus, outrajos "immoderate, excessive, violent, lawless" (Modern French outrageux), from outrage, oltrage (see outrage). Meaning "flagrantly evil" is late 14c.; modern teen slang usages of it unwittingly approach the original and etymological sense of outrage. Related: Outrageously; outrageousness.
- adj very bad
- adj beyond reasonable limits
- The thing was outrageous to him, and he set himself to match her cunning.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- At least, she had kept him from the outrageous folly of an ordinary burglary.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Only the emergency could have spurred him to the point of so outrageous an impertinence.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- He hated all cats but his own cat, by whom he was bullied in a most outrageous way.
- Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton
- Inspector Michel looked the outrageous creature up and down.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- There is something in the human mind which recoils from too outrageous a deception.
- Extract from : « The Man the Martians Made » by Frank Belknap Long
- Who was responsible for starting such sacrilegious, outrageous yarns?
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- But Mlle. de Kercadiou's outrageous rearing had made her headstrong.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- It is a slander on American womanhood,—it is an outrageous falsehood.
- Extract from : « Treatise on the Diseases of Women » by Lydia E. Pinkham
- She perceived at length that he was stubbornly bent on this outrageous thing.
- Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
Synonyms for outrageous
- abominable
- atrocious
- barbaric
- barbarous
- beastly
- brazen
- contemptible
- contumelious
- corrupt
- crazy
- criminal
- debasing
- debauching
- degenerate
- depraving
- disgraceful
- disgracing
- egregious
- excessive
- exorbitant
- extortionate
- extravagant
- flagitious
- flagrant
- gross
- heinous
- horrendous
- horrible
- ignoble
- immoderate
- infamous
- inhuman
- iniquitous
- inordinate
- last straw
- malevolent
- monstrous
- nefarious
- notorious
- odious
- offensive
- opprobrious
- out of bounds
- preposterous
- scandalous
- scurrilous
- shameless
- shaming
- shocking
- sinful
- steep
- too much
- unbearable
- uncivilized
- unconscionable
- ungodly
- unreasonable
- unspeakable
- villainous
- violent
- wanton
- wicked
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