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adjective
- 1. outstandingly bad; shocking: "egregious abuses of copyright"
- 2. remarkably good. archaic
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(of something bad) extreme; beyond any reasonable degree: egregious errors of fact.
1. : conspicuous. especially : conspicuously bad : flagrant. egregious errors. egregious padding of the evidence Christopher Hitchens. 2. archaic : distinguished. egregiously adverb. egregiousness noun. Did you know? Egregious comes from a Latin word meaning "distinguished" or "eminent."
Egregious definition: extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant. See examples of EGREGIOUS used in a sentence.
egregious in British English. (ɪˈɡriːdʒəs , -dʒɪəs ) adjective. 1. outstandingly bad; flagrant. an egregious lie. 2. archaic. distinguished; eminent. Collins English Dictionary.
(of something bad) extreme; beyond any reasonable degree: egregious errors of fact.
Something that is egregious stands out, but not in a good way — it means "really bad or offensive." If you make an egregious error during a championship soccer match, your coach might bench you for the rest of the game.
Definition of egregious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. outstandingly bad; flagrant: an egregious lie. 2. archaic distinguished; eminent. [C16: from Latin ēgregius outstanding (literally: standing out from the herd), from ē- out + grex flock, herd] eˈgregiously adv. eˈgregiousness n.
Outstanding for undesirable qualities; remarkably bad; flagrant. An egregious error. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion. The student has made egregious errors on the examination. Wiktionary. Synonyms: gross. glaring. crying. rank. flagrant. shocking. outrageous.
EGREGIOUS meaning: extremely bad or shocking in an obvious way: . Learn more.
