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egregious

/ɪˈɡɹidʒəs/

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What does egregious mean?

adjective

  1. Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
  2. Outrageously bad; shocking.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɪˈɡɹidʒəs/

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Ay me, most credulous fool, Egregious murderer, thief, anything That’s due to all the villains past, in being, To come!
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
To a man of Butler's egregious vanity his trial was a glorious opportunity for displaying his intellectual gifts, such as they were.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
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This is a most egregious mistake, especially in respect to the subtle and complex spiritual experiences which the more deeply subjective poetry embodies.
Robert Browning; Hiram CorsonAn Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's PoetryProject Gutenberg ebook #260
The extortionate hotel-keepers, the "snub-nosed rogues of counter and till," who overcharge you in the shops, make their egregious profits from the Kursaal.
Andrew SteinmetzThe Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)Project Gutenberg ebook #466
The report given by this subject included egregious denials of some of the main objects in the picture, and so was fictitious to this extent.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449