ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEegregious
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egregious
Meaning: outstandingly bad; shocking
egregious in a sentence
How egregious is used in real sentences:
An egregious error sent the rocket off course.
The egregious error cost the team the game.
“The consequences of error are not always minor: an egregious mismatch can be so offensively false that it damages both likeness and trust.”
— from the passage The Speaking Ground
Synonyms for egregious
Other words for egregious — flagrant, blatant and appalling — carry the same meaning.
- flagrant
- blatant
- appalling
Antonyms of egregious
Words that mean the opposite of egregious:
- minor
- trivial
Where it comes from
From Latin ex 'out' + grex 'flock' — standing out
Word parts
- greg — flock, herd
egregious: e- (out of; form of ex-) + greg (flock) + -ious (characterized by)
Memory hook
EGREGIOUS — sticks out of the GR-EG-arious flock.