outrageous

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. offensive, shocking. See disrepute.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. offensive, shocking, flagrant, monstrous, atrocious, heinous, intolerable, appalling, extreme, excessive, inordinate, immoderate, intemperate, extravagant, fantastic, wild, unconventional, unrestrained, unreasonable, unspeakable, unconscionable, exorbitant, wanton, shameful, opprobrious, notorious, shameless, disgraceful, brazen, barefaced, gross, scandalous, insulting, abusive, oppressive, dishonorable, reprehensible, injurious, glaring, egregious, rank, despicable, ignoble, contumelious, scurrilous, odious, flagitious, nefarious, iniquitous, barbarous, wicked, violent, villainous, horrendous, infamous, corrupt, degenerate, criminal, abandoned, vile, horrifying, abominable, execrable, bizarre, outlandish, outré, overmuch; see also offensive 2 , shameful 1 , 2 .

Ant. acceptable, honorable, moderate.

Syn.- outrageous applies to that which so exceeds all bounds of right, morality, decency, or reasonableness, as to be intolerable [ an outrageous insult, outrageous prices ] ; flagrant implies a glaringly bad or openly evil character in people or their acts [ a flagrant sinner, a flagrant violation ] ; monstrous and atrocious are applied to that which is shockingly evil, wrong, or cruel [ a monstrous lie, atrocious cruelty ] ; or, in a weakened sense, extremely bad [atrocious manners ] ; heinous implies such extreme wickedness as to arouse the strongest hatred and revulsion [ a heinous crime ]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. atrocious monstrous, vicious, savage, criminal, evil, abominable, disgraceful, inhuman, barbaric, wrong, unspeakable, heinous, wicked.

2. unreasonable excessive, ridiculous, preposterous, exorbitant, unconscionable, immoderate, uncalled for, unrestrained.

ANT.: 1. normal, standard. 2. reasonable, within reason, fair, moderate

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Disgracefully and grossly offensive: atrocious, heinous, monstrous, scandalous, shocking. Archaic: enormous. See RIGHT. 2. Beyond all reason: obscene, preposterous, ridiculous, shocking, unconscionable, unreasonable. Idioms: out of bounds, out of sight. See USUAL.