egregious
Americanadjective
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extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant.
an egregious mistake; an egregious liar.
- Synonyms:
- shocking, notorious, outrageous, gross
- Antonyms:
- unnoticeable, minor, moderate, tolerable
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Archaic. distinguished or eminent.
adjective
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outstandingly bad; flagrant
an egregious lie
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archaic distinguished; eminent
Other Word Forms
- egregiously adverb
- egregiousness noun
- nonegregious adjective
- nonegregiously adverb
- nonegregiousness noun
- unegregious adjective
- unegregiously adverb
- unegregiousness noun
Etymology
Origin of egregious
First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin ēgregius “preeminent, outstanding,” equivalent to ē- + greg-, stem of grēx “flock” + -ius adjective suffix; e- 1, -ous
Example Sentences
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Both killings have drawn international attention and condemnation over the government's egregiously false accounts of what happened, intensifying public concern about the conduct and oversight of federal immigration operations.
From Barron's
Purely because of the proximity — traveling between the two cities is never an egregiously long journey.
From Salon
The incident was alluded to on “Weekend Update,” and egregiously missing from a news panel sketch that specifically talked about incidents in Minneapolis.
From Los Angeles Times
Betting on already proven properties is an industry standard, but it’s felt more egregious in animation as of late.
From Los Angeles Times
Authorities have since punished more than 7.2 million people, curbing some of the more egregious forms of graft that had prevailed before Xi and cementing his stature as China’s most dominant leader in decades.
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