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outrageousness
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Outrageousness
(gcide) | Outrageous \Out*ra"geous\ (out*r[=a]"j[u^]s), a. [OF. outrageus,
F. outrageux. See Outrage, n.]
Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right,
reason, or decency; such as to cause outrage; 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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Violent; furious; exorbitant; excessive; atrocious;
monstrous; wanton; nefarious; heinous.
[1913 Webster] -- Out*ra"geous*ly
(out*r[=a]"j[u^]s*l[y^]), adv. -- Out*ra"geous*ness,
n.
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outrageousness
(wn) | outrageousness
n 1: excessive excess [syn: exorbitance, outrageousness]
2: the quality of being outrageous [syn: outrageousness,
enormity] |
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