OUTRAGEOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outrageousness mean? 

• OUTRAGEOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun OUTRAGEOUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. excessive excess

2. the quality of being outrageous

  Familiarity information: OUTRAGEOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTRAGEOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excessive excess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

exorbitance; outrageousness

Hypernyms ("outrageousness" is a kind of...):

excess; excessiveness; inordinateness (immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits)

Derivation:

outrageous (greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being outrageous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

enormity; outrageousness

Hypernyms ("outrageousness" is a kind of...):

indecency (the quality of being indecent)

Derivation:

outrageous (grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror)