egregious — outstandingly bad; shocking or appalling
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: outstandingly bad; shocking or appalling
Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪˈɡriːdʒəs/
Korean meaning: 지독히 나쁜, 충격적인, 끔찍한
Korean pronunciation: 이**그리**지어스
Example Sentences
- The restaurant's egregious hygiene violations included finding a family of mice living in the salad bar.
- His egregious spelling mistakes in the love letter included writing 'your' instead of 'you're' seventeen times.
- The politician's egregious lies were so obvious that even his own mother fact-checked him.
egregious
ADJECTIVE//ɪˈɡriːdʒəs//
outstandingly bad; shocking or appalling
A customer displays egregious behavior by throwing food at restaurant staff
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The gregarious crowd's egregious error left them precarious!
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Origin
From Latin 'egregius' meaning 'distinguished' or 'outstanding,' derived from 'e-' (out) and 'grex' (flock/herd), literally meaning 'standing out from the flock.' The word evolved to mean 'standing out' in a negative sense.
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“The restaurant's egregious hygiene violations included finding a family of mice living in the salad bar.”
“His egregious spelling mistakes in the love letter included writing 'your' instead of 'you're' seventeen times.”
“The politician's egregious lies were so obvious that even his own mother fact-checked him.”
“The court ruled that the defendant's actions constituted an egregious breach of professional ethics.”
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