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outrageous

Meaning

Extremely improper, shocking, or offensive; violating accepted standards of decency or morality.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The rich man's decision to cut everyone's pay while giving himself a huge bonus was outrageous. It felt completely wrong and shocking, like he didn't care about the workers at all. Everyone was offended by his selfish actions.

His decision to paint the town's only squirrel statue neon pink was outrageous. Everyone thought it was incredibly improper and offensive, a real shock to the quiet town's sense of decency. It simply violated all accepted standards.

The landlord’s demand for the antique thimble collection as back rent was outrageous. It wasn't just unfair; it felt deeply wrong and against all basic rules of what’s decent. We couldn't believe he’d ask for something so improper and shocking.

That cat wearing a tiny hat and demanding tuna at gunpoint was truly outrageous. He strutted around like he owned the place, his little whiskers twitching with pure, unadulterated bossiness. It was the most shocking display of feline entitlement I'd ever witnessed.

Bartholomew, the world's fluffiest cat, wore a tiny tuxedo to the snail race. His acceptance speech, a series of indignant meows about the poor sportsmanship of a rogue earthworm, was truly outrageous. Everyone agreed it violated all standards of polite feline competition.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The sheer arrogance of his demand, asking for a raise after missing every deadline, was simply outrageous. It defied all reasonable expectations and any sense of fair play.

The discovery that the antique taxidermy swan had been secretly outfitted with functioning, albeit tiny, disco lights was beyond shocking. It felt truly outrageous, a grotesque and tasteless alteration that completely disrespected the original artistry and its somber, if eccentric, purpose.

The council's decision to redirect the town's only clean water source to the new, privately owned alpaca farm, leaving the residents parched, was an outrageous betrayal of trust. It completely violated any sense of fairness, leaving everyone shocked and furious at such an improper and immoral choice.

My neighbor's new lawn gnome collection, featuring tiny lederhosen-clad badgers riding unicycles, is truly outrageous. I mean, some standards of decency are clearly being violated. It's an offensive display of excess that my petunias just can't handle.

Bartholomew the badger's decision to wear lederhosen to his own wake was truly outrageous. Most mourners found his penchant for polka music during the eulogy to be an extremely improper disruption, frankly, a shocking and offensive violation of all decent funeral traditions.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

His remark about their struggling business was utterly outrageous. To joke about their potential failure, especially after all their hard work, showed a shocking disregard for their situation and violated basic decency.

The sculptor's decision to embed actual human teeth into his latest work, a life-sized replica of a badger, was an outrageous display. Passersby recoiled, their faces a mixture of disgust and bewilderment at the violation of all expected decorum.

The artist's latest exhibit, featuring live wasps woven into tapestry, was met with immediate condemnation. Critics and patrons alike found the display utterly outrageous, a shocking violation of all decency and a slap in the face to common morality.

Bartholomew's attempt to juggle flaming raccoons while reciting Shakespeare was, frankly, outrageous. Such a display was extremely improper, violating any accepted standard of decency, not to mention the safety of the bewildered woodland creatures. The ensuing chaos, however, was undeniably spectacular.

Bartholomew's decision to adorn his prize-winning rutabaga with googly eyes and a tiny sombrero for the county fair was met with a collective gasp. The judges, accustomed to unadorned root vegetables, deemed his festive gourd an outrageous display, utterly violating their solemn standards of agricultural presentation.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The landlord's demand for an additional month's rent, on top of the already exorbitant deposit, felt utterly outrageous. It was a stark violation of common decency, a predatory tactic that left tenants feeling exploited and indignant.

The council's decision to reroute the toxic effluent directly into the pristine watershed was simply outrageous. Such a flagrant disregard for the ecological integrity and the palpable well-being of the downstream populace demonstrated a shocking, almost indefensible breach of any civilized standard.

The alchemist's demand for unicorn tears, obtainable only through excruciating torture, was outrageous. Such barbarity, a complete affront to any civilized ethical framework, shocked the assembled scholars and elicited gasps of profound disapproval.

The comedian's decision to wear a live badger as a toupee during his meticulously prepared soliloquy on the futility of existence was, frankly, outrageous. His audience, a rather somber assembly of existentialists, found the sudden, furry distraction to be an egregious violation of their carefully cultivated intellectual gloom.

The esteemed ornithologist, Dr. Abernathy, presented his *magnum opus* on pigeon courtship rituals, which shockingly included a detailed, illustrated depiction of a particularly amorous coo, an outrageous spectacle that sent ripples of consternation through the zoological society, utterly violating their hitherto sacrosanct standards of decorum.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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