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- pronunciation:
gri
jihs
- features:
- 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 |
| 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:
educate, eject, elaborate, elect, eligible, eloquent, elude, emancipate, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emit, enormous, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, event, evict, evident, evolution, evolve
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, atrocious, carnivorous, curious, delicious, enormous, ferocious, generous, gracious, inconspicuous, intravenous, joyous, malicious, poisonous, porous, precious, spacious, unanimous, vicious
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