The group's infractions were so egregious that we were forced to arrest them.
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Egregious
/ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/
Synonyms for "egregious" (227 found)
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Closest matches (46)
a bit muchabandonedabominableabsoluteall embracingall outall pervadingall-embracingall-encompassingall-outall-pervadingappallingarrantastonishingatrociousawfulbasebeastlybeneath contemptblameworthy
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (68)
despicabledetestablediredisgustingdownrightdreadfuldyed-in-the-woolenormousexaggeratedexceptionalexcessiveexhaustiveexorbitantextraordinaryextravagantextremefabulousfancyfantasticfantastical
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fetidfilthyflagrantflamingformidablefoulfulsomegiganticglaringgluttonousgreatgrievousgrosshatefulheinoushighhorriblehorridhyperbolichypertrophiedimmoderateincontinentincredibleinfamousinordinateintemperateintensiveintolerablelamentableloathsomelousymarkedmarvelousmonstrousmonumentalnastynefariousnoisome
Adjective(9 words)
Noun(1 words)
most awful
Related words (113)
notablenoteworthynoticeablenotoriousobnoxiousodiousof markoffensiveomnibusomnipresentout of boundsout of sightout of this worldout-and-outoutrageousoutrightoutstandingoverbigoverdevelopedovergreat
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overgrownoverlargeovermuchoverweeningperfectpervasivepitiablepitifulplainplumbpositivepreciouspreposterousprofoundprominentpronouncedproperpureradicalrankregrettableregularremarkablereprehensiblerepulsiverottensadscandalousschlockscurvyshabbyshamefulshatteringsheershockingshoddysignalsordidsqualidstarkstark-staringsteepstiffstraightstrikingsuperiorsuperlativesurpassingsweepingterriblethe veriestthoroughthoroughgoingthrough and throughthrough-and-throughtoo badtoo muchtotalubiquitousunbearableunbridleduncleanuncommonunconditionalunconscionableundeniableundueunequivocaluniversalunmitigatedunqualifiedunreasonableunrelievedunreservedunrestrainedunrestrictedunspoiledutterveritablevilevillainouswholesalewoefulwonderfulworstworthlesswretched
Adjective(6 words)
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More general
6 entriesadjectivedescriptive termhistorical descriptorpejorative adjectivesemantic shift termstrong adjective
More specific
8 entriesdistinctionegregious erroregregious misconductegregious omissionegregious violationeminencenotabilityrenown
Collocations
5 entriesegregious breachegregious erroregregious misconductegregious omissionegregious violation
Inflections
2 entriesmore egregiousmost egregious
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage. Intellectual myopia, often called stupidity, is no doubt a reason. But the privileged also feel that their privileges, however egregious they may seem to others, are a solemn, basic, God-given right. The sensitivity of the poor to injustice is a trivial thing compared with that of the rich.
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He would never make a mistake this egregious.
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This is an egregious example of tax avoidance.
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