Vocabulary
Egregious
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
outstandingly bad; shocking.
Urdu meaning
فاش، قابل مذمت، بہت برا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The far more egregious crimes it has committed against Lebanese citizens remain unquestioned, of course.The Gaza playbook has been deployed interms of both wanton destruction and ethnic cleansing.
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Trumped again?
— 2026-04-22
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The first, sponsored by Bahrain, criticised `egregious attacks` by Tehran, targeting the Gulf sheikhdoms and Jordan.
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Delicate balance
— 2026-03-13
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This is fitting given the increasingly egregious cross-border infiltrations, particularly in KP.
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Humanitarian factor
— 2026-03-02
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No consideration of international conventions stopped them and the broader fallout of this egregious crime is a new normal that many other states with similarly reprehensible tendencies may want to adopt.
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Khamenei`s killing
— 2026-03-02
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But that didn`t make it any less egregious.
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`Donroe doctrine` in action
— 2026-01-12
Synonyms
shocking, appalling, horrific, horrifying, horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful, grievous
Curator example
“egregious abuses of copyright”
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