Conspicuously bad or offensive. See synonyms at flagrant.
[From Latin ēgregius, outstanding : ē-, ex-, ex- + grex, greg-, herd.]
egregiously e·gre'gious·ly adv.egregiousness e·gre'gious·ness n.
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Conspicuously bad or offensive. See synonyms at flagrant.
[From Latin ēgregius, outstanding : ē-, ex-, ex- + grex, greg-, herd.]
egregiously e·gre'gious·ly adv.
When you're president of the United States, you can't just sweep your errors under a rug. They're out there, they're conspicuous, and now they're being rated by scholars:
"From engaging in sexual relations with an intern to letting the Vietnam War escalate, U.S. presidents have been blamed for some egregious errors.
So who had the worst blunder? President Buchanan, for failing to avert the Civil War, according to a survey of presidential historians organized by the University of Louisville's McConnell Center."
Link: Survey reveals top 10 presidential blunders
Posted February 21, 2006.
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Definition: outstandingly bad; outrageous
Antonyms: little, minor, secondary, slight
Myra's teacher was disappointed to find that her math paper was filled with egregious errors.
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - elendig, exceptionelt dårlig, fortræffelig
Nederlands (Dutch)
opmerkelijk, gedistingeerd, kolossaal
Français (French)
adj. - énorme (péj, iro), fameux (iro), insigne (gaffe, folie)
Deutsch (German)
adj. - ungeheuerlich
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - έκδηλος, κατάφωρος
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - notório, flagrante, terrível
Русский (Russian)
вопиющий, отъявленный, непреодолимый
Español (Spanish)
adj. - extraordinario, tremendo, atroz, insigne
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oerhörd, enorm
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
异乎寻常的, 惊人的, 过分的
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 異乎尋常的, 驚人的, 過分的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 지독한, 얼토 당토 않은
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) فاضح, رديء
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מחפיר, רע באופן בלתי-רגיל, מדהים, גס
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