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1 outrance
outrance [utʀɑ̃s]feminine noun( = excès) excess* * *utʀɑ̃s1) ( excès) excess2) ( caractère excessif) excessiveness* * *utʀɑ̃s nfexcessiveness no pl excessà outrance — excessively, to excess
* * *outrance nf1 ( excès) excess; les outrances d'une comédie/d'un adolescent the excesses of a comedy/of a teenager; commettre une outrance de langage to use extreme language ¢;2 ( caractère excessif) excessiveness; l'outrance de tes propos/ton langage the extreme nature of your remarks/your language; pousser la conscience professionnelle jusqu'à l'outrance to take one's conscientiousness to extremes; polémiquer/manger à outrance to argue/eat excessively; le sport/la lecture à outrance excessive sport/reading; investir/licencier à outrance to make too many investments/redundancies.[utrɑ̃s] nom fémininl'outrance de sa remarque lui ôte toute crédibilité her remark is so outrageous that it loses all credibility2. [acte] extravagance[parole] extravagant ou immoderate language————————à outrance locution adjectivale————————à outrance locution adverbiale
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