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outrageous

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Outrageous  \Out*ra"geous\,  a.  [OF.  outrageus,  F.  outrageux  See 
  {Outrage},  n.] 
  Of  the  nature  of  an  outrage;  exceeding  the  limits  of  right 
  reason,  or  decency;  involving  or  doing  an  outrage;  furious; 
  violent;  atrocious.  ``Outrageous  weeping.''  --Chaucer.  ``The 
  most  outrageous  villainies.''  --Sir  P.  Sidney.  ``The  vile, 
  outrageous  crimes.''  --Shak.  ``Outrageous  panegyric.'' 
  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  outrageous 
  adj  1:  grossly  offensive  to  decency  or  morality;  causing  horror; 
  "subjected  to  outrageous  cruelty";  "a  hideous  pattern 
  of  injustice";  "horrific  conditions  in  the  mining 
  industry"  [syn:  {hideous},  {horrid},  {horrific}] 
  2:  greatly  exceeding  bounds  of  reason  or  moderation; 
  "exorbitant  rent";  "extortionate  prices";  "spends  an 
  outrageous  amount  on  entertainment";  "usorious  interest 
  rate";  "unconscionable  spending"  [syn:  {exorbitant},  {extortionate}, 
  {steep},  {unconscionable},  {usurious}]




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