22.03.2013 Views

The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

evil, egregious, flagrant, grievous, infamous, execrable,<br />

abominable, grisly, hideous, monstrous, vile, unthinkable, foul,<br />

awful, unspeakable, appalling, <strong>of</strong>fensive, indecent: <strong>The</strong><br />

captives suffered the most outrageous treatment at the hands <strong>of</strong><br />

their conquerors. 3 indecent, <strong>of</strong>fensive, immoral, rude,<br />

indelicate, obnoxious, pr<strong>of</strong>ane, obscene, dirty, filthy, lewd,<br />

salacious, foul, smutty, scatological, pornographic,<br />

objectionable, repellent, repulsive, nauseating, nauseous,<br />

nasty, gross, revolting, shocking, repugnant, disgusting,<br />

fulsome, perverted, depraved, dissolute, degenerate, dissipated,<br />

debauched, pr<strong>of</strong>ligate; explicit, unrestrained; foul-mouthed,<br />

thersitical, insulting; unseemly, inappropriate, indecorous,<br />

improper, naughty, appalling, embarrassing; Literary Fescennine,<br />

US shy-making: <strong>The</strong> sermon denounced the outrageous films,<br />

books, magazines, and television programmes to which children<br />

are exposed. Warren sometimes says the most outrageous things.<br />

outr‚ adj. unconventional, unusual, extravagant, bizarre, weird,<br />

strange, odd, peculiar, grotesque, outlandish, freakish,<br />

out-<strong>of</strong>-the-way: <strong>The</strong> attention <strong>of</strong> the media was turned upon the<br />

singer's outr‚ behaviour on stage.<br />

outright adj. 1 unqualified, total, unreserved, unrestricted, full,<br />

complete, unconditional, unequivocal, clear, direct, definite,<br />

unmistakable or unmistakeable: <strong>The</strong> duke is the outright owner<br />

<strong>of</strong> the property. 2 undisguised, unmitigated, utter, consummate,<br />

pure, out-and-out, all-out, sheer, absolute, stark, bald,<br />

thorough, arrant, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, downright,<br />

direct, definite, unmistakable or unmistakeable: Her outright<br />

refusal to provide further help was met with dismay.<br />

--adv. 3 directly, at once, immediately, instantaneously,<br />

instantly, then and there or there and then, straight or right<br />

away, on the spot, right <strong>of</strong>f: One passenger was killed<br />

outright, the other died later in hospital. 4 completely,<br />

entirely, exactly, precisely, totally, in toto, utterly, baldly,<br />

starkly, consummately, purely, thoroughly, directly,<br />

unhesitatingly, quite, absolutely, explicitly, categorically,<br />

straightforwardly, plainly, openly, forthrightly, unequivocally,<br />

unambiguously, candidly: I wish that Henry wasn't so reticent<br />

and would say outright what he means. 5 unrestrictedly,<br />

unqualifiedly, unreservedly, unconditionally: <strong>The</strong> duke owns the<br />

property outright.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!