Egregious vs Beauty - What's the difference?
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Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
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Outrageously bad; shocking.
The property, quality or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (Aquinas); that which is attractive, pleasing, fine or good looking; comeliness.
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Someone who is beautiful.
Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
An excellent or egregious example of something.
(with the definite article) The excellence, e.g. the genius
(particle, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
(obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
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(Canada) Of high quality, well done.
As an adjective egregious
is exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.As a noun beauty is
the property, quality or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (Aquinas); that which is attractive, pleasing, fine or good looking; comeliness.As an interjection beauty is
thanks! Cool.As an adverb beauty is
of high quality, well done.egregious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
- I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
- My lord, you give me most egregious indignity.
- When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious .
Usage notes
The negative meaning arose in the late 16th century, probably originating in sarcasm. Before that, it meant outstanding in a good way. Webster also gives “distinguished” as an archaic form, and notes that its present form often has an unpleasant connotation (e.g., "an egregious error" ). It generally precedes such epithets as “rogue,” “rascal,” "ass," “blunderer”.beauty
English
(wikipedia beauty)Noun
- Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
- Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty .
- That phrasing is a beauty .
- What a goal, what a beauty .
- ''The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!
- She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty .
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "beauty": natural, great, real, physical, exotic, inner, spiritual, strange, divine, visual, heavenly, intellectual, facial, attractive, sensuous, sensual, seductive, musical, austere, alluring, mathematical, geometric, astounding, bodily, pictorial.Synonyms
* gorgeousness, inspiration, loveliness * (someone who is beautiful) belle, looker * (something pleasing) gem, jewel * See also * See alsoAntonyms
* repulsiveness, homeliness, uglinessDerived terms
* age before beauty * bathing beauty * beaut * beauteous * beautician * beautifiable * beautification * beautifier * beautiful * beautifully * beautifulness * beautify * beautiless * beauty consultant * beauty contest * beauty is in the eye of the beholder * beauty is only skin deep * beauty mark * beauty pageant * beauty parlor * beauty quark * beauty salon * beauty school * beauty shop * beauty sleep * beauty spot * beauty strip * beautyberry * beautybush * beautydom * beautyhood * beautyship * California beauty * Camberwell beauty * line of beauty * meadow beauty * painted beauty * raw beauty * Rome beauty * Rutland beauty * Sleeping Beauty * spring beautySee also
* usefulnessAdverb
(en adverb)- He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.