- monstrous [outrageous]
- uhyrlig
adj
English-Danish mini dictionary. 2014.
monstrous [outrageous]
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outrageous — outrageous, monstrous, heinous, atrocious mean enormously or flagrantly bad or horrible. Something outrageous violates even the lowest standard of what is right or decent or exceeds one s power to suffer or tolerate {an outrageous practical joke} … New Dictionary of Synonyms
outrageous — [out΄rā′jəs] adj. [OFr outrageus: see OUTRAGE & OUS] 1. having the nature of, involving, or doing great injury or wrong 2. exceeding all bounds of decency or reasonableness; very offensive or shocking 3. violent in action or disposition;… … English World dictionary
monstrous — 1 Monstrous, prodigious, tremendous, stupendous, monumental are comparable especially in their extended more or less hyperbolical senses in which they mean astonishingly impressive. Monstrous commonly applies to something abnormal, usually in… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
outrageous — out·ra·geous /au̇t rā jəs/ adj: going beyond standards of decency: utterly intolerable in a civilized society outrageous conduct out·ra·geous·ly adv out·ra·geous·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
monstrous — [adj1] unnatural, shocking aberrant, abnormal, atrocious, cruel, desperate, devilish, diabolical, disgraceful, dreadful, egregious, evil, fiendish, flagitious, foul, freakish, frightful, grotesque, gruesome, heinous, hellish, hideous, horrendous … New thesaurus
outrageous — [adj1] very bad abominable, atrocious, barbaric, beastly, brazen, contemptible, contumelious, corrupt, criminal, debasing, debauching, degenerate, depraving, disgraceful, disgracing, egregious, flagitious, flagrant, gross, heinous, horrendous,… … New thesaurus
monstrous — index arrant (onerous), bad (offensive), delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), diabolic, flagrant, gross ( … Law dictionary
monstrous — [män′strəs] adj. [LME < OFr monstreux < L monstrosus < monstrum: see MONSTER] 1. abnormally or prodigiously large; huge; enormous 2. very unnatural or abnormal in shape, type, or character 3. having the character or appearance of a… … English World dictionary
outrageous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. offensive, shocking. See disrepute. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. offensive, shocking, flagrant, monstrous, atrocious, heinous, intolerable, appalling, extreme, excessive, inordinate, immoderate,… … English dictionary for students
monstrous — adjective 1) a monstrous creature Syn: grotesque, hideous, ugly, ghastly, gruesome, horrible, horrific, horrifying, grisly, disgusting, repulsive, repellent, dreadful, frightening, terrifying, malformed, misshapen … Thesaurus of popular words
