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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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