Search Result for "egregious": 
Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;
- Example: "a crying shame"
- Example: "an egregious lie"
- Example: "flagrant violation of human rights"
- Example: "a glaring error"
- Example: "gross ineptitude"
- Example: "gross injustice"
- Example: "rank treachery"
[syn: crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Egregious \E*gre"gious\ (?; 277), a. [L. egregius; lit.,
   separated or chosen from the herd, i. e., distinguished,
   excellent; e out + grex, gregis, herd. See Gregarious.]
   Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); --
   formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now
   joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious
   rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.
   [1913 Webster]

         The egregious impudence of this fellow.  --Bp. Hall.
   [1913 Webster]

         His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be
         neglected.                               --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

egregious
    adj 1: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
           crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of
           human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude";
           "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying(a),
           egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]