outrageousness

2 definitions found

outrageousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Outrageous \Out*ra"geous\ (out*r[=a]"j[u^]s), a. [OF. outrageus,
     F. outrageux. See Outrage, n.]
     Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right,
     reason, or decency; such as to cause outrage; involving or
     doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. "Outrageous
     weeping." --Chaucer. "The most outrageous villainies." --Sir
     P. Sidney. "The vile, outrageous crimes." --Shak. "Outrageous
     panegyric." --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Violent; furious; exorbitant; excessive; atrocious;
          monstrous; wanton; nefarious; heinous.
          [1913 Webster] -- Out*ra"geous*ly
          (out*r[=a]"j[u^]s*l[y^]), adv. -- Out*ra"geous*ness,
          n.
          [1913 Webster]

outrageousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  outrageousness
      n 1: excessive excess [syn: exorbitance, outrageousness]
      2: the quality of being outrageous [syn: outrageousness,
         enormity]