Definition

1. Noun:
   • Outstanding badness: "egregiousness" refers to the quality of being shockingly bad, flagrant, or conspicuously wrong. It emphasizes a degree of offense or error that is remarkably noticeable and unacceptable.

Usage Examples

• (The shocking and flagrant nature of the wrongdoing.)
• (Her remarkably bad and careless behavior.)

Advanced Usage

• "to highlight the egregiousness of something": to draw attention to how shockingly bad something is.

  • The report highlighted the egregiousness of the company's environmental violations. (The report emphasized how flagrantly wrong the violations were.)

• "the egregiousness of the error": the degree to which a mistake is obvious and unforgivable.

  • The egregiousness of the error was undeniable; it cost the company millions. (The error was so blatantly bad that it could not be ignored.)

Variants and Related Words

• Egregious (adj): shockingly bad; flagrant.

  • The judge described the lawyer's conduct as egregious. (The lawyer's behavior was remarkably wrong.)

• Egregiously (adv): in a shockingly bad or flagrant manner.

  • He egregiously violated the terms of the contract. (He violated the terms in a conspicuously bad way.)

Synonyms

• Flagrancy: the quality of being obviously offensive or scandalous.
• Outrageousness: the quality of being shockingly bad or excessive.
• Atrociousness: the quality of being extremely wicked or cruel.

Related Idioms

• A crying shame: something that is extremely unfortunate or disgraceful.

  • The egregiousness of the waste is a crying shame. (The flagrant wastefulness is deeply regrettable.)

• Beyond the pale: unacceptable or outrageous.

  • The egregiousness of his remarks placed them beyond the pale. (His remarks were so shockingly bad that they were unacceptable in polite society.)