Is 'egregious' formal or informal?

What's the difference between 'egregious' and 'serious'?

Can 'egregious' describe behavior?

Is 'egregious' used in academic writing?

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egregious

/ɪˈɡriːdʒəs/

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adjective

Very bad or shocking; far beyond what is acceptable or expected. Use when something is noticeably worse than usual.

That mistake was an egregious oversight.
The punishment was egregious.

Adinary Nuance

Near-neighbors: 'egregious' suits stronger, more shocking disapproval than 'bad' or 'poor'; it is sharper than 'unfortunate' and more intense than 'serious'. Choose 'egregious' when you want to signal that something is notably worse than expected.

In other languages

Spanish: flagrante, notorio
Japanese: ひどい、まずい
Korean: 심각한, 참으로
Vietnamese: kinh khủng, đáng báo
Chinese: 极坏的

Common phrases

egregious erroregregious behavioran egregious example

Synonyms

shocking appalling outrageous terrible deplorable

Related words

error mistake shocking unfortunate poor

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