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EGREGIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does egregious mean?
• EGREGIOUS (adjective)
The adjective EGREGIOUS has 1 sense:
1. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Familiarity information: EGREGIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Synonyms:
crying; egregious; flagrant; glaring; gross; rank
Context example:
rank treachery
Similar:
conspicuous (obvious to the eye or mind)
Context examples
She was almost as far from believing as from wishing it to be sincere; for she had not forgotten that he could mistake, and his assertion of the offer and of her encouragement convinced her that his mistakes could sometimes be very egregious.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
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