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evil, egregious, flagrant, grievous, infamous, execrable,
abominable, grisly, hideous, monstrous, vile, unthinkable, foul,
awful, unspeakable, appalling, offensive, indecent: The
captives suffered the most outrageous treatment at the hands of
their conquerors. 3 indecent, offensive, immoral, rude,
indelicate, obnoxious, profane, obscene, dirty, filthy, lewd,
salacious, foul, smutty, scatological, pornographic,
objectionable, repellent, repulsive, nauseating, nauseous,
nasty, gross, revolting, shocking, repugnant, disgusting,
fulsome, perverted, depraved, dissolute, degenerate, dissipated,
debauched, profligate; explicit, unrestrained; foul-mouthed,
thersitical, insulting; unseemly, inappropriate, indecorous,
improper, naughty, appalling, embarrassing; Literary Fescennine,
US shy-making: The sermon denounced the outrageous films,
books, magazines, and television programmes to which children
are exposed. Warren sometimes says the most outrageous things.
outr‚ adj. unconventional, unusual, extravagant, bizarre, weird,
strange, odd, peculiar, grotesque, outlandish, freakish,
out-of-the-way: The attention of the media was turned upon the
singer's outr‚ behaviour on stage.
outright adj. 1 unqualified, total, unreserved, unrestricted, full,
complete, unconditional, unequivocal, clear, direct, definite,
unmistakable or unmistakeable: The duke is the outright owner
of the property. 2 undisguised, unmitigated, utter, consummate,
pure, out-and-out, all-out, sheer, absolute, stark, bald,
thorough, arrant, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, downright,
direct, definite, unmistakable or unmistakeable: Her outright
refusal to provide further help was met with dismay.
--adv. 3 directly, at once, immediately, instantaneously,
instantly, then and there or there and then, straight or right
away, on the spot, right off: One passenger was killed
outright, the other died later in hospital. 4 completely,
entirely, exactly, precisely, totally, in toto, utterly, baldly,
starkly, consummately, purely, thoroughly, directly,
unhesitatingly, quite, absolutely, explicitly, categorically,
straightforwardly, plainly, openly, forthrightly, unequivocally,
unambiguously, candidly: I wish that Henry wasn't so reticent
and would say outright what he means. 5 unrestrictedly,
unqualifiedly, unreservedly, unconditionally: The duke owns the
property outright.