Egregious
Egregious adjective - Very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad.
Usage example: the student's theme was marred by a number of egregious errors in spelling
Obvious
Obvious adjective - Very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad.
Usage example: obvious errors in the book that the editor or proofreader should have caught
Egregious and obvious are semantically related in blatant topic. Sometimes you can use "Egregious" instead an adjective "Obvious".
Nearby Words: obviously, obviousness
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Speaking of "Brazilian Pain Forest", this episode is the most egregious in terms of how many teams managed to dodge an obvious penalization.
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In egregious cases, it becomes even more obvious the game took a screenshot of the desktop when the player tabs out of the game and moves windows around.
Source: Special Effect Failure - While they may play this trope straight to egregious levels for the sake of the plot and settings, it's also obvious that the animators and writers have seriously done their homework on the subject.
Source: Artistic License Biology
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