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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 reprehensibleplay

  Familiarity information: EGREGIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EGREGIOUS (adjective)


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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