Definitions for: Outrageous

[adj] greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
[adj] grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

Webster (1913) Definition: Out*ra"geous, a. [OF. outrageus, F. outrageux. See
Outrage, n.]
Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right,
reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious;
violent; atrocious. ``Outrageous weeping.'' --Chaucer. ``The
most outrageous villainies.'' --Sir P. Sidney. ``The vile,
outrageous crimes.'' --Shak. ``Outrageous panegyric.''
--Dryden.

Syn: Violent; furious; exorbitant; excessive; atrocious;
monstrous; wanton; nefarious; heinous. --
Out*ra"geous*ly (out*r[=a]"j[u^]s*l[y^]), adv. --
Out*ra"geous*ness, n.

Synonyms: exorbitant, extortionate, hideous, horrid, horrific, immoderate, offensive, steep, unconscionable, usurious

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