mindmap root((残暴)) outrageous implies exceeding the limits of what is right or decent or bearable or tolerable: ~ terrorist acts against civilians. monstrous applies to what is inconceivably, abnormally, or fantastically wrong, absurd, or horrible: a ~ waste of the taxpayers' money. heinous implies such flagrant evil or conspicuous enormity as inevitably excites hatred or horror: ~ crimes that exceeded normal wartime actions. atrocious implies such merciless cruelty, savagery, or contempt of ordinary values as excites condemnation: decent people cannot condone such ~ treatment of prisoners.