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Outrageous
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. "Outrageous weeping." Chaucer. "The most outrageous villainies." Sir P. Sidney. "The vile, outrageous crimes." Shak. "Outrageous panegyric." Dryden.
Synonyms: Violent; furious; exorbitant; excessive; atrocious; monstrous; wanton; nefarious; heinous. Out*ra"geous*ly, adv. Out*ra"geous*ness, n.