List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words -
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SYNONYMS:
flagrant, glaring, gross, egregious, rank.
These adjectives refer to what is conspicuously bad or offensive.
Flagrant
applies to what is so offensive that it cannot escape notice: in flagrant
disregard of the law.
What is
glaring
is blatantly and painfully manifest: a glaring error; glaring contradictions.
Gross
suggests a magnitude of offense or failing that cannot be condoned or
forgiven: gross ineptitude; gross injustice.
What is
egregious
is outrageously bad: an egregious lie.
Rank
implies that the term it qualifies is as indicated to an extreme, violent, or
gross degree: rank stupidity.
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