Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To an extraordinary or unexampled extent or degree; excessively; extravagantly; unrestrainedly; hence, violently; furiously; madly; irrationally.
- With shameless disregard of authority, order, morality, decency, or humanity; atrociously; audaciously; flagrantly; barbarously.
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- adverb In an
outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a very offensive manner
- adverb to an extravagant or immoderate degree
Etymologies
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Examples
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He says he also sees opportunity in property prices that have fallen to what he calls "outrageously cheap" levels.
Downtown Detroit Dream Maura Webber Sadovi 2011
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This being valid even in outrageously human-right-less countries as North Korea.
Freed journalist: 'We knew the nightmare was...coming to an end 2009
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Madonna was said to be flirting 'outrageously' - and the couple later went out to dinner with friends.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Madonna was said to be flirting 'outrageously' - and the couple later went out to dinner with friends.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Madonna was said to be flirting 'outrageously' - and the couple later went out to dinner with friends.
Tonight 2010
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Indeed, more than 100 legal challenges have been filed against congressional redistricting plans, including challenges against Maryland's districts that John Paul Stevens called "outrageously unconstitutional" to Texas' high-stakes dispute involving Latino voting rights that will go the Supreme Court in early January.
Rob Richie: Let's End Gerrymandering With Fair Voting for Congress Rob Richie 2011
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The rapper's new song called "Politics as Usual" praises Obama but also uses some lyrics the senator called outrageously offensive.
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The Public Accounts Committee is due to publish another report on Private Finance Initiatives, which Ms Hodge described as "outrageously dreadful value for money".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Matthew Holehouse 2012
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To paraphrase outrageously, for Open Access to Government data, this is not the end.
Planet Geospatial 2010
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Lower gas prices are good, as Larry said, but we are only back to prices that eight months people, ahem, were were calling outrageously high and economically damaging.
Economist's View 2008
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