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Adjective [English]

IPA: /aʊtˈɹeɪdʒəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outrageous.wav Forms: more outrageous [comparative], most outrageous [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪdʒəs Etymology: From Anglo-Norman outrageus, Middle French outrageus, from outrage; equivalent to outrage + -ous. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|outrageus}} Anglo-Norman outrageus, {{uder|en|frm|outrageus}} Middle French outrageus, {{suffix|en|outrage|ous}} outrage + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} outrageous (comparative more outrageous, superlative most outrageous)
  1. Violating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront.
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  2. Transgressing reasonable limits; extravagant, immoderate.
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  3. Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. Translations (shocking): ὕβριστος (húbristos) (Ancient Greek), xocant (Catalan), cruel (Catalan), immoral (Catalan), escandalós (Catalan), 離晒譜 (Chinese Cantonese), 离晒谱 (lei⁴ saai³ pou²) (Chinese Cantonese), 不像話 (Chinese Mandarin), 不像话 (bù xiànghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), šokující (Czech), skandální (Czech), provokativní (Czech), bezprecedentní (Czech), ongehoord (Dutch), schandelijk (Dutch), schokkend (Dutch), järkyttävä (Finnish), outrageant (French), scandaleux (French), ungeheuerlich (German), haarsträubend (German), schockierend (German), verstörend (German), empörend (German), αποτρόπαιος (apotrópaios) (Greek), προκλητικός (proklitikós) (Greek), αισχρός (aischrós) (Greek), felháborító (Hungarian), 法外な (hōgai-na) (alt: ほうがいな) (Japanese), 無法な (muhō-na) (alt: むほうな) (Japanese), 怪しからん (keshikaran) (alt: けしからん) (Japanese), rūtaki (Maori), uhørt (Norwegian), oburzający (Polish), skandaliczny (Polish), ultrajante (Portuguese), insultuoso (Portuguese), exurbitante (Portuguese), scandalos (Romanian), rușinos (Romanian), revoltător (Romanian), вопию́щий (vopijúščij) (Russian), возмути́тельный (vozmutítelʹnyj) (Russian), indignante (Spanish), inaudito (Spanish), escandaloso (Spanish), apabullante (Spanish), aberrante (Spanish), atroz (Spanish), desaforado (Spanish), ultrajoso (Spanish), ultrajante (Spanish), ultrajador (Spanish), обу́рливий (obúrlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
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  4. (now rare) Fierce, violent. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-outrageous-en-adj-h3Tfofxh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: outragious [archaic] Derived forms: outrageously, outrageousness Related terms: outrage

Alternative forms

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          "text": "For when he knew his Rival freed and gone, / He ſwells with Wrath; he makes outrageous Moan: / He frets, he fumes, he ſtares, he ſtamps the Ground; / The hollow Tow'r with Clamours rings around: […]",
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    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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          "text": "\"Now, the Lord have mercy upon me!\" exclaimed Sir Robert, sinking back in his chair; \"there is nothing in the world so unreasonable as a pretty woman. Well, let me hear what outrageous proposition is about to come from two at once!\"",
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          "text": "Audience members praised McKellen, best known for Shakespearean roles and as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, for his show-stealing turn as Twankey in a series of outrageous glitzy dresses.",
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          "ref": "2001 December 8, Imogen Tilden, The Guardian:",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "xocant"
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      "word": "cruel"
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      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "离晒谱"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "不像話"
    },
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      "roman": "bù xiànghuà",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "不像话"
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      "sense": "shocking",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "shocking",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "järkyttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "outrageant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "scandaleux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "ungeheuerlich"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "haarsträubend"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "schockierend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "verstörend"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "empörend"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apotrópaios",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "αποτρόπαιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proklitikós",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "προκλητικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aischrós",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "αισχρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "húbristos",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "ὕβριστος"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "felháborító"
    },
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      "alt": "ほうがいな",
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      "roman": "hōgai-na",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "法外な"
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      "alt": "むほうな",
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      "roman": "muhō-na",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "無法な"
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      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "怪しからん"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "rūtaki"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "uhørt"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "oburzający"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "skandaliczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "ultrajante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "insultuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "exurbitante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "shocking",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "rușinos"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "revoltător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vopijúščij",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "вопию́щий"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vozmutítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "возмути́тельный"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "indignante"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "inaudito"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "escandaloso"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "apabullante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "aberrante"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "atroz"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "desaforado"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "ultrajoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "ultrajante"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shocking",
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    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obúrlyvyj",
      "sense": "shocking",
      "word": "обу́рливий"
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}

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