egregious
/ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/
egregious adjective: conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
Adjective
egregious (comparative more egregious, superlative most egregious)
- Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
- The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
- 16th century, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto,
I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
- Outrageously bad; shocking.
- Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and...1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III
egregious meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
egregious in Tamil
- படுமட்டமான, மிக மோசமான, அசட்டுத்தனமான, வெளிப்படையான, மிகச் சிறந்த, நம்பமுடியாத
egregious in Urdu
- آبرو ریز, انگشت نماں, فاش, ممتاز
egregious in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত খারাপ, জঘন্য
egregious in Malayalam
- terrible, shocking, appalling
- അങ്ങേയറ്റം മോശമായ, അതിനീചമായ, അതിക്ഷുദ്ര, തരംതാണ, അതിഭയങ്കരമായ, അത്യന്തം മോശമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- egregious in Kannada
- ಕಡುಕೆಟ್ಟ, ದೋವಿಲ
- egregious in Persian
- فاحش fâheš
Examples of egregious in a sentence
- My lord, you give me most egregious indignity.c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, &...
- It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal: ... her gorgeousness being so egregious that even breezes oblige with their tousle-fanning effects ...2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia...
- I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:
Forms of egregious
| comparative | more egregious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most egregious |
Origin of egregious
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".
Words formed from egregious
Words that rhyme with egregious
Questions about egregious
- What does egregious mean?
- Egregious means conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
- What is egregious in Tamil?
- Egregious in Tamil is படுமட்டமான, மிக மோசமான, அசட்டுத்தனமான. See Egregious meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use egregious in a sentence?
- My lord, you give me most egregious indignity.
- What part of speech is egregious?
- Egregious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce egregious?
- Egregious is pronounced /ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/.
Words near egregious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: egregious (page history and authors); egregious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); egregious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); egregious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); egregious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); egregious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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