Outrageous means so shocking that people gasp or protest. An outrageous claim, outrageous prices, absolutely outrageous.
It is used both for genuine scandal and, much more often, for cheerful exaggeration about a bill or a piece of behaviour. Outrageous can also be admiring, of a performer or an outfit — outrageously good, an outrageous costume — where the shock is the point and is welcome. Note outrage, both the noun and the verb; and that manufactured outrage is a standard phrase for indignation produced on purpose.
1adjectiveoutrageousSo shocking it makes people protest.
“The charges were outrageous and everybody paid them.”
synonyms: scandalous, shocking
2adjectiveboldlyBoldly extravagant in a way that delights.
“The costumes were outrageous and half the reason people came.”
outrageous is a quality of going too far.
Also accepted in games: scandalous
Old French outrage comes from outre, beyond, from Latin ultra. An outrage is something that goes beyond the limit, and the word has nothing to do with rage despite the way it looks.
Middle French
outrageus
Anglo-Norman
outrageus
English, today
outrageous
From Anglo-Norman outrageus, Middle French outrageus, from outrage; equivalent to outrage + ous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA