outrageous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: out=ra=geous

CIDE DICTIONARY

outrageous, 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.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Violent; furious; exorbitant; excessive; atrocious; monstrous; wanton; nefarious; heinous.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

outrageous, adj.
1 immoderate.
2 shocking.
3 grossly cruel.
4 immoral, offensive.

Derivative

outrageously adv. outrageousness n.

Etymology

ME f. OF outrageus (as OUTRAGE)

THESAURUS

outrageous

Fescennine, a bit much, abandoned, abominable, absurd, abusive, acute, appalling, arrant, atrocious, awful, backhand, backhanded, barbaric, barbarous, base, beastly, beneath contempt, beneath one, beyond belief, bizarre, blameworthy, boundless, brutal, calumnious, cheap, cockamamie, contemptible, contumelious, crazy, cruel, crying, cutthroat, cutting, debasing, debauched, degenerate, degrading, demeaning, deplorable, depraved, desperate, despicable, detestable, dire, dirty, disgraceful, disgusting, dissipated, dissolute, drastic, dreadful, egregious, embarrassing, enormous, evil, exacting, exaggerated, excessive, execrable, exorbitant, explicit, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, fancy, fantastic, fetid, fierce, filthy, flagrant, foolish, foul, foul-mouthed, fulsome, furious, ghastly, gigantic, gluttonous, gouging, great, grievous, grisly, gross, grossly overpriced, grotesque, gutter, hateful, heinous, hideous, high, high-flown, horrendous, horrible, horrid, humiliating, humiliative, hyperbolic, hypertrophied, immoderate, immoral, impossible, improper, inappropriate, incontinent, incredible, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, infamous, inflationary, infra dig, infra indignitatem, inhuman, iniquitous, inordinate, insolent, insulting, intemperate, intense, intolerable, keen, lamentable, laughable, left-handed, lewd, loathsome, lousy, ludicrous, monstrous, nasty, naughty, nauseating, nauseous, nefarious, noisome, nonmeritorious, nonsensical, not coming, not outstanding, notorious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, opprobrious, out of bounds, out of sight, outre, overbig, overdeveloped, overgreat, overgrown, overlarge, overmuch, overpriced, overweening, perverted, piercing, pitiable, pitiful, poppycockish, pornographic, preposterous, profane, profligate, prohibitive, rank, regrettable, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, ridiculous, rigorous, rotten, rough, rude, sad, salacious, scandalous, scatological, schlock, scurrile, scurrilous, scurvy, severe, shabby, shameful, sharp, shocking, shoddy, skyrocketing, smutty, sordid, sorry, spiraling, splitting, squalid, steep, stiff, terrible, too bad, too much, tough, unbecoming, unbridled, unchristian, uncivilized, unclean, unconscionable, undeserved, undeserving, undue, unearned, unentitled, ungodly, unholy, unjustified, unmerited, unmeriting, unowed, unowing, unreasonable, unrestrained, unseemly, unspeakable, unthinkable, unwarranted, unworthy, unworthy of one, usurious, vehement, venomous, vicious, vile, villainous, violent, virulent, weird, wicked, wild, woeful, worst, worthless, wretched

ROGET THESAURUS

outrageous

Greatness

N greatness, magnitude, size, multitude, immensity, enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass, heap, stock, peck, bushel, load, cargo, cartload, wagonload, shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass, great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par, big, huge, Herculean, cyclopean, ample, abundant, full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith, world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive, wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious, mighty, sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone, arrant, downright, utter, uttermost, crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate, rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate, glaring, flagrant, stark staring, thorough-paced, thoroughgoing, roaring, thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme, inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown, towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous, undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy, renowned, truly, decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole, scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much, by wholesale, mighty, powerfully, with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds, incalculably, infinitely, preeminently, superlatively, immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, kat exochin, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously, peculiarly, furiously, severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly, a maximis ad minima, greatness knows itself, mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed, minimum decet libere cui multum licet, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Violence

N violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity, boisterousness, effervescence, ebullition, turbulence, bluster, uproar, callithump, riot, row, rumpus, le diable a quatre, devil to pay, all the fat in the fire, severity, ferocity, rage, fury, exacerbation, exasperation, malignity, fit, paroxysm, orgasm, climax, aphrodisia, force, brute force, outrage, coup de main, strain, shock, shog, spasm, convulsion, throe, hysterics, passion, outbreak, outburst, debacle, burst, bounce, dissilience, discharge, volley, explosion, blow up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion, torrent, turmoil, ferment, storm, tempest, rough weather, squall, earthquake, volcano, thunderstorm, berserk, berserker, fury, dragon, demon, tiger, beldame, Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto, madcap, wild beast, fire eater, violent, vehement, warm, acute, sharp, rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous, wild, brusque, abrupt, waspish, impetuous, rampant, turbulent, disorderly, blustering, raging, troublous, riotous, tumultuary, tumultuous, obstreperous, uproarious, extravagant, unmitigated, ravening, inextinguishable, tameless, frenzied, desperate, infuriate, furious, outrageous, frantic, hysteric, in hysterics, fiery, flaming, scorching, hot, red-hot, ebullient, savage, fierce, ferocious, fierce as a tiger, excited, unquelled, unquenched, unextinguished, unrepressed, unbridled, unruly, headstrong, ungovernable, unappeasable, immitigable, unmitigable, uncontrollable, incontrollable, insuppressible, irrepressible, orgastic, orgasmatic, orgasmic, spasmodic, convulsive, explosive, detonating, volcanic, meteoric, stormy, violently, amain, by storm, by force, by main force, with might and main, tooth and nail, vi et armis, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet, at one fell swoop, with a high hand, through thick and thin, in desperation, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, headlong, head foremost, furor arma ministrat, blown with restless violence round about the pende.

Disrepute

N disrepute, discredit, ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor, disapprobation, ingloriousness, derogation, abasement, debasement, abjectness, degradation, dedecoration, a long farewell to all my greatness, odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy, dishonor, disgrace, shame, humiliation, scandal, baseness, vileness, turpitude, infamy, tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution, stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur, crying shame, burning shame, scandalum magnatum, badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon, bend sinister, bar sinister, champain, point champain, byword of reproach, Ichabod, argumentum ad verecundiam, sense of shame, disgraced, blown upon, shorn of its beams, shorn of one's glory, overcome, downtrodden, loaded with shame, in bad repute, out of repute, out of favor, out of fashion, out of countenance, at a discount, under a cloud, under an eclipse, unable to show one's face, in the shade, in the background, out at elbows, down at the elbows, down in the world, inglorious, nameless, renownless, obscure, unknown to fame, unnoticed, unnoted, unhonored, unglorified, shameful, disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable, despicable, questionable, unbecoming, unworthy, derogatory, degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem, dedecorous, scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable, ribald, opprobrious, errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious, ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby base, to one's shame be it spoken, Int, fie!, shame!, for shame!, proh pudor!, O tempora!, O mores!, ough!, sic transit gloria mundi!.