Meaning of outrageous in English

outrageous

adjective

/ˌaʊtˈreɪ.dʒəs/ us

/ˌaʊtˈreɪ.dʒəs/

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shocking and morally unacceptable:

The judge criticized the "outrageous greed" of some of the bankers.

[ + that ] It is outrageous that these buildings remain empty while thousands of people have no homes.

These prices are just outrageous (= much too high).

used to describe something or someone that is shocking because they are unusual or strange:

outrageous clothes/behaviour

an outrageous character

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Morally wrong and evil

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Strange, suspicious and unnatural

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(Definition of outrageous from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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outrageous

adjective

/ɑʊtˈreɪ·dʒəs/

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unacceptable, offensive, violent, or unusual:

He made outrageous claims.

outrageously

adverb us

/ɑʊtˈreɪ·dʒəs·li/

By all evidence, outrageously bad dreams are a universal human experience (= an experience had by everyone).

(Definition of outrageous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of outrageous

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However, their position is in fact not quite so outrageous, as will be indicated in the next section of this chapter.

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In recent years outrageous views have seemed to be in the ascendancy ; the more heretical the conclusion the more likely it is to be publicised.

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I am not making the outrageous claim that the brain is nothing but a big emulator system.

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Any revolution is apt to look more outrageous in prospect than it turns out to be in retrospect.

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The goal is to deter outrageous police misconduct.

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In a (then) more tolerant political climate, behavior would have to have been quite outrageous before it could prompt widespread and serious offense.

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Tut-tutting is all very well, as page after page reveal yet more outrageous episodes.

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At its worst, this leads to outrageous exploitation of former employees, within a highly collaborative framework.

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Precisely because of their "outrageous" nature, romances with antifeminist diatribes may have incited female readers to question, if not to resist, their definition as inferior.

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Characteristically, he challenges the audience to a duel of understanding and to make sense of outrageous and unpredictable stratagems.

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No author of the age raised such a storm with such outrageous affronts to the lettered establishment.

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Indeed, as some traditionalists complained, the more outrageous the art, the more likely the critical accolade.

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The singers enhance their lyrics with provocative strutting, eye-catching and sometimes outrageous, self-designed costumes.

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If this sounds outrageous that may be because we tend to place too much importance on rationality.

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American lawyers are audacious by nature and have been known, on more than one occasion, to make outrageous arguments on behalf of their clients.

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駭人的, 無恥的, 無法接受的…

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