English-Thai Dictionary

egregious

ADJ ชั่วร้าย  เลวทราม  flagrant outrageous chua-rai

 

egregiously

ADV อย่าง เลวทราม หยาบช้า 

 

egregiousness

N ความเลวทราม หยาบช้า 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EGREGIOUS

a.[L. egregius, supposed to be from e or ex grege, from or out of or beyond the herd, select, choice. ] 1. Eminent; remarkable; extraordinary; distinguished; as egregious exploits; an egregious prince. But in this sense it is seldom applied to persons.
2. In a bad sense, great; extraordinary; remarkable; enormous; as an egregious mistake; egregious contempt. In this sense it is often applied to persons; as an egregious rascal; an egregious murderer.

 

EGREGIOUSLY

adv. Greatly; enormously; shamefully; usually in a bad sense; as, he is egregiously mistaken; they were egregiously cheated.

 

EGREGIOUSNESS

n.The state of being great or extraordinary.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EGREGIOUS

E *gre "gious, a. Etym: [L. egregius; lit. , separated or chosen from the herd, i. e., distinguished, excellent; e out + grex, gregis, herd. See Gregarious. ]

 

Defn: 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. The egregious impudence of this fellow. Bp. Hall. His [Wyclif's ] egregious labors are not to be neglected. Milton.

 

EGREGIOUSLY

EGREGIOUSLY E *gre "gious *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.

 

EGREGIOUSNESS

EGREGIOUSNESS E *gre "gious *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being egregious.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

egregious

e gre gious |iˈgrējəs ɪˈɡriːiəs | ▶adjective 1 outstandingly bad; shocking: egregious abuses of copyright. 2 archaic remarkably good. DERIVATIVES e gre gious ly adverb, e gre gious ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. ( sense 2 ): from Latin egregius ‘illustrious, ’ literally ‘standing out from the flock, ’ from ex- ‘out ’ + grex, greg- ‘flock. ’ The derogatory sense (late 16th cent. ) probably arose as an ironical use.

 

Oxford Dictionary

egregious

egregious |ɪˈgriːdʒəs | ▶adjective 1 outstandingly bad; shocking: egregious abuses of copyright. 2 archaic remarkably good. DERIVATIVES egregiously adverb, egregiousness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in sense 2 ): from Latin egregius ‘illustrious ’, literally ‘standing out from the flock ’, from ex- ‘out ’ + grex, greg- ‘flock ’. Sense 1 (late 16th cent. ) probably arose as an ironical use.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

egregious

egregious adjective an egregious error of judgment: shocking, appalling, terrible, awful, horrendous, frightful, atrocious, abominable, abhorrent, outrageous; monstrous, heinous, dire, unspeakable, shameful, unforgivable, intolerable, dreadful; formal grievous. ANTONYMS marvelous.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

egregious

egregious adjective an egregious error of judgement. See appalling.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

egregious

e gre gious /ɪɡríːdʒəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗とんでもない, 極端に悪い ; はなはだしい .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞