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as in unusual
very different in a way that shocks or surprises people
The outrageous outfit he wore to the party attracted everyone's attention. The talk show host is known for her outrageous opinions.
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as in terrible
standing out because of being very bad or wrong
The student was suspended for his outrageous behavior.
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Recent Examples of outrageous
The essential reality is that the plan appears to cut health care for the poorest Americans so that the richest Americans can get a big tax cut — and this is not just morally outrageous but also politically fraught.
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Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Based on the Stephen King short story of the same name, the film follows twin brothers whose fates become entwined with a mysterious wind-up monkey that can cause outrageous (and borderline humorous) deaths at random.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Bhattacharya has in the past been tolerant of others’ more outrageous claims about vaccines.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
However, a moment of arguably even greater quality later in the first half drew the Colchoneros level as Julián Alvarez evaded a defender and curled an outrageous effort in off the post.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
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Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Based on the Stephen King short story of the same name, the film follows twin brothers whose fates become entwined with a mysterious wind-up monkey that can cause outrageous (and borderline humorous) deaths at random.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Bhattacharya has in the past been tolerant of others’ more outrageous claims about vaccines.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
However, a moment of arguably even greater quality later in the first half drew the Colchoneros level as Julián Alvarez evaded a defender and curled an outrageous effort in off the post.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrageous
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As a result, Canadians have rejected American imports and issued other economic punishments in an unusual show of patriotism.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
16 Mar. 2025
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Network security also gets a significant upgrade with the help of AI. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) powered by AI monitor traffic in real time, can flag unusual patterns that might indicate a security breach.—
Kathleen Walch,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Since then, however, Wells Fargo has pulled back roughly 18%, as of the close on Monday, which continued a terrible recent stretch for the overall market due to economic uncertainty stemming from concern about the impact of President Donald Trump ‘s tariffs.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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The New York Yankees received terrible news on Monday regarding Gerrit Cole's injury.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the ensemble prize, Short also won outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
12 Mar. 2025
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Densmore also had three outstanding warrants out of Illinois.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
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The opening day of NFL free agency began with some shocking moves and key additions.—
Paulina Dedaj,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Best Player Prop Bets Delaware's John Camden has been the hero of this shocking run, with 13 made threes in his team's four CAA Tournament wins.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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The esoteric will never sit completely comfortably in the mainstream, because that’s the point of it: to be unusual, bizarre, absurd.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Big Read The Story Of Climate-Friendly Digital Bank Aspiration Just Got Stranger The fintech industry has seen its fair share of spectacular failures and bizarre plot twists in recent years.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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The blatant stupidity of what is being done by our country‘s executive leadership is staggering.—
Lisa P. Rimland,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2025
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Culturally, the combination of blatant racist fear mongering and the anti-woke movement has delivered their message for the future.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Mar. 2025
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Not the most memorable, but Myers’s flail-laughing at his own insufferable jokes remains a pretty funny encapsulation of Musk’s self-satisfied riffing.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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Know your audience—What one person finds funny, another might not.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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The Fairfield County corridor is infamously awful, according to Potamkin Hyundai, with the Stamford stretch recently ranking as the number one busiest highway segment in the entire country.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2025
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But Ovechkin has been scoring 50 goals (a season) for an awful long time now.—
Homero De la Fuente,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Outrageous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrageous. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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