adjective
egregious
ih-GREE-jee-uhs/ɪˈɡriːdʒiəs/
Shockingly bad or wrong.
Dumping rubbish into the pond beside an available bin is egregious misconduct.
Etymology
The image is of standing out from the flock: originally, being distinguished or excellent. Ironic use turned this praise into criticism, so the word now describes something exceptionally bad or shocking.
In context
armed troops against American citizens despite the fact that crime rates at least in the District of Colombia are at a 30year low. This is very obviously a blatant and egregious attempt to redirect attention
More examples
- His egregious error changed the result completely.
- The judge criticized the egregious misconduct.
- Leaving those facts out was an egregious omission.
Forms
egregious · more egregious · most egregious
egregiously adverb — in a shockingly bad way
Similar words
- flagrant
- Flagrant is conspicuously offensive; egregious emphasizes how exceptionally bad something is.
- appalling
- Appalling provokes shock or dismay; egregious especially marks extreme error or misconduct.