Egreeegious
is a 
pleeeasing word
to say aloud
if you drag it out.
It sounds like giving grief,
doing something impossible
to forgive.
Standing out from the herd,
it grates on your nerves,
makes you wonder at its Latin origin
as a term of praise
(prominent eminent excellent)
when you know that now 
its meaning is reversed to being
outstanding for some bad quality, 
as an appalling lack of empathy,
or a flagrant violation of rights.
Egregious shares a growl with greed
and gross (distortion, ineptitude),
with grabbing and grasping,
grimacing, and grumbling.
Egregious lacks gracefulness,
graciousness, and grace. Integrity.
Egregious should not be overused
like horrendous, horrific, and heinous,
but must be used judiciously
for standing out among all peers,
all surroundings, all comparisons
in exceptional awfulness.
Egregious breach of conduct:
Say it aloud. Then say it again.
It’s had quite a workout recently.