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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or character of being outrageous.

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  • noun The quality of being outrageous

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun excessive excess
  • noun the quality of being outrageous

Etymologies

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outrageous +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • The little green monster is going to be rearing its little green head more and more, with the legions of white-wing GOPshites all over the air-waves trying to outdo each other in outrageousness and slime.

    Think Progress » Chavez Attacks U.S. Efforts In Haiti: ‘They Are Occupying Haiti Undercover’ 2010

  • The self-incrimination, in fact, was deliberately left in the film, as an insult -- and as an example of the dictum that the biggest, most blatant crimes need the biggest, most blatant lies; the outrageousness is a protection for the perpetrators -- just like 9/11 itself.

    Naudet's 9/11 Plane Shot Staged 2008

  • Her friends insist her outrageousness is a veneer.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • Yet these people shouldn't be able to suppress speech by threatening a ruinous lawsuit based on an unpredictable "outrageousness" standard.

    Phelps's 'Outrageous' Free Speech Eugene Volokh 2010

  • But, as the court pointed out in an earlier emotional distress case, Hustler v. Falwell (1988), an "outrageousness" standard can't be an acceptable tool for restricting public debate.

    Phelps's 'Outrageous' Free Speech Eugene Volokh 2010

  • The integrity of his work hinges on its "outrageousness" and the sincerity of that approach becomes dubious when his long record of academic employment and acceptance in polite society is considered.

    Mat Gleason: Ten Most Overrated Los Angeles Art World Stars 2010

  • Now that South Park has raised the "outrageousness" bar, they have to top themselves again and again.

    Baddest Toon on the Block (Again) 2010

  • The integrity of his work hinges on its "outrageousness" and the sincerity of that approach becomes dubious when his long record of academic employment and acceptance in polite society is considered.

    Mat Gleason: Ten Most Overrated Los Angeles Art World Stars 2010

  • It's politics as usual, withthose inWashington and some of the anti-abortion religious groupsplaying to the massesfortheir ownindividual and corporate welfare with respect to the outrageousness which is occuring on the health care deform - a bill the majority of Americans spoke loudand clear about with respect to the lack of any true "reform" included in it.

    Still Fighting Over Federally Funded Abortions: The Question Is, Why? 2009

  • It's politics as usual, withthose inWashington and some of the anti-abortion religious groupsplaying to the massesfortheir ownindividual and corporate welfare with respect to the outrageousness which is occuring on the health care deform - a bill the majority of Americans spoke loudand clear about with respect to the lack of any true "reform" included in it.

    Still Fighting Over Federally Funded Abortions: The Question Is, Why? 2009

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