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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Beyond all reason: obscene, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, unconscionable, unreasonable. Idioms: out of bounds, out of sight. See USUAL. 2. Disgracefully and grossly offensive: atrocious, heinous, monstrous, outrageous, scandalous. Archaic : enormous. See RIGHT. 3. Very bad: appalling, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, terrible. See GOOD.
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