adjective · rare

egregious

egregious · more egregious · most egregious

вопиющий, отъявленный

unerhört, ungeheuerlich, außergewöhnlich, entsetzlich

Conspicuous, exceptional, outstandingConspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.

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/ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/

» He would never make a mistake this egregious.

Meaning

2 senses

Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
unerhört, ungeheuerlich, außergewöhnlich
вопию́щийvopijúščij, отъя́вленныйotʺjávlennyj
Outrageously bad; shocking.
entsetzlich, ungeheuerlich, unerhört
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

Examples

4 sentences

He would never make a mistake this egregious.
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This is an egregious example of tax avoidance.
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The group's infractions were so egregious that we were forced to arrest them.
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Blinken said in a statement Wednesday that the 10 countries "engaged in or tolerated systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom."
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding:

outrageously bad:

Origin

From Latin ēgregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous

From Latin ēgregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous, from Latin suffix -osus (“full of”); reflecting the positive connotations of "standing out from the flock".

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