outrageous
adjective
of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong.
outrageousness
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a word derived from
outrageous.
Example Sentences
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To appreciate fully the outrageousness of this fishing expedition, remember the original setting for the Smith probe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
But even in Paulson’s eye-opening, sinus-clearing performance, Toni, as she’s called, doesn’t sum up the outrageousness of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s play, which has a deep wound and wicked tongue of its own.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
Yeah, with a bit of outrageousness, doing things that his base of support—voters of color in Brooklyn—is going to look favorably on.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2023
Their point is serious, but they relish bringing satire and outrageousness to the fight.
From BBC ● May 19, 2023
That Nicholas had lost his youthful outrageousness did not surprise Obinze; what surprised him was the loss of even the smallest memory of it.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
