outrageous

IPA: aʊtrˈeɪdʒʌs

adjective

  • Violating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront.
  • Transgressing reasonable limits; extravagant, immoderate.
  • Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative.
  • (now rare) Fierce, violent.
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Examples of "outrageous" in Sentences

  • BORGER: But wouldn't you use your leverage that you have on an issue like this, which -- which you call outrageous -- BIDEN: Yes.
  • At least President Obama finally sent an envoy to Europe yesterday to explore joint action to stop what he called "outrageous" violence against protesters.
  • Speaking in Nairobi, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon also said the attack - which he called "outrageous and cowardly" cannot be justified under any circumstances.
  • The lawyers argued that what they called outrageous government conduct allowed the judge to sentence the three men for prison terms shorter than those mandated by law.
  • Mr. Obama, in a statement on Friday, condemned what he called "outrageous human rights abuses" by authorities in Syria, accusing Mr. Assad of choosing the "path of repression."
  • U.S. President Barack Obama has condemned Syria for what he called an "outrageous use of violence" against opposition protesters, after 75 people were killed Friday in a government crackdown on the demonstrations.
  • I think it's also important to note that the term outrageous, Soledad, which was used by Mr. Clarke on the "60 Minutes" interview, would be most appropriate to respond to the interview that I heard him have with Bill.
  • I think this video came out at roughly the same point when Lionel hosted the American Music Awards and kept inexplicably repeating the word outrageous, the most overt and least successful attempt in pop history to create a national catchphrase.

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