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- pronunciation:
gri
jihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
remarkably bad; flagrant; glaring.
The senator's misuse of this money was an egregious violation of public trust.Such blasphemy was considered an egregious sin.- synonyms:
- flagrant, glaring, gross
- antonyms:
- marvelous
- similar words:
- blatant, outrageous
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| related words: |
grievous, monstrous, salient |
adverb + (adj.)egregious
especially, less, more, most, particularly, perhaps, surely, truly
(adj.)egregious
+ noun
abuse,
act,
aspect,
assault,
behavior,
blunder,
breach,
case,
circumstance,
claim,
conduct,
corruption,
crime,
discrimination,
display,
duty,
error,
example,
failure,
fault,
flaw,
form,
fraud,
harm,
incident,
injury,
injustice,
instance,
insult,
interference,
judge,
judgment,
lapse,
misconduct,
misrepresentation,
mistake,
misuse,
offender,
offense,
omission,
one,
polluter,
practice,
provision,
regulation,
sin,
situation,
violation,
violator,
violence,
waste,
wrong
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| derivations: |
egregiously (adv.), egregiousness (n.) |
The word egregious
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
greg
Latin
root
that means flock, gathering
Example words:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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