Meanings
nounoutrageousness (plural outrageousnesses)
plural outrageousnesses
- The quality of being outrageous.
The first time Tuvy confided his dream to his mates […] they’d howled with cruel laughter at the outrageousness of it, the silliness of it, the impossibility of it.
2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 253
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APA
outrageousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrageousness
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“outrageousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrageousness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outrageousness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outrageousness.
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