outrageous

== English == === Alternative forms === outragious (archaic) === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman outrageus, Middle French outrageus, from outrage; equivalent to outrage +‎ -ous. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʊtˈɹeɪdʒəs/ Rhymes: -eɪdʒəs === Adjective === outrageous (comparative more outrageous, superlative most outrageous) Violating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront. [from 14th c.] Transgressing reasonable limits; extravagant, immoderate. [from 14th c.] Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. [from 18th c.] (now rare) Fierce, violent. [from 14th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== outrage ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “outrageous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “outrageous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.