adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/
/əˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒi.əs/
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rhymes with -iːdʒəs
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
16th century, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto, I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 2
Outrageously bad; shocking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
From Latin ēgregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous, from Latin suffix -osus (“full of”); reflecting the positive connotations of "standing out from the flock".
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49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
