Egregious
[ɪ'griːdʒəs] or [ɪ'gridʒɪəs]
Definition
(a.) Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Extraordinary, remarkable, enormous, monstrous, outrageous, great.
Typist: Lucas
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Remarkable, peculiar, excellent, consummate
ANT:Ordinary, commonplace, every, day, mediocre
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Definition
adj. prominent: distinguished: outrageous: enormous (in bad sense).—adv. Egrē′giously.—n. Egrē′giousness.
Typed by Dave
Examples
- By the '90's surely, the egregious folly of a Sherman Anti-Trust Law should have been evident to any man who pretended to political leadership. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He had made an egregious ass of himself before the whole ship. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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