Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An act of extreme violence or viciousness.
- noun Something that is grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste.
- noun Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act, or an instance of this.
- transitive verb To offend grossly against (standards of decency or morality); commit an outrage on.
- transitive verb To produce anger or resentment in: synonym: offend.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To attack; do violence, especially extreme wrong or violence, to; wrong heinously; maltreat.
- To assault violently or brutally; commit a barbarous attack upon; especially, to violate; ravish.
- To transgress shamefully; infringe audaciously upon; break through, violate, or offend against atrociously or flagrantly; act in utter or shameless disregard of the authority, obligation, or claims of.
- Synonyms See
affront , n. - To be excessive; commit excesses or extravagances; wanton; run riot; act without self-restraint or outrageously.
- noun A passing beyond bounds; a thing or act not within established or reasonable limits; in general, excess; extravagance; luxury.
- noun Violence; a violent act; violent injury.
- noun Gross insult or injury: infamous wrong; audacious and especially violent infraction of law and order; atrocious or barbarous ill treatment; wanton, indecent, or immoral violence, or an act of wanton mischief or violence, especially against the person.
- noun Synonyms Insult, Indignity, etc. See
affront . - Unreasonable; violent; mad.
- Extraordinary; unexampled; unusual; surprising; extravagant.
- To exceed in raging; rage beyond or more than.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.
- transitive verb Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).
- transitive verb To cause to become very angry.
- noun Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.
- noun obsolete Excess; luxury.
- intransitive verb To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.
- transitive verb rare To rage in excess of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An excessively
violent orvicious attack ; anatrocity . - noun An
offensive ,immoral orindecent act. - noun The
resentful anger aroused by such acts. - noun obsolete A destructive
rampage . - verb transitive to cause or commit an outrage.
- verb transitive to cause
resentment through such acts.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
- verb force (someone) to have sex against their will
- verb strike with disgust or revulsion
- noun a feeling of righteous anger
- noun the act of scandalizing
- noun a wantonly cruel act
- noun a disgraceful event
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I withdraw the term outrage, in so far as it may suggest outrages of pillage or anarchy.
The Varmint Owen Johnson 1915
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Just wondering where the outrage is at the "revised" health care numbers that the Obama Administration supressed:
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Breaking the silence and expressing our outrage is the only way to even begin to make a change.
Snips And Snails And The Unbearable Heaviness Of Roman Polanski | Her Bad Mother 2009
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This outrage is a sham drummed up by Republican operatives and intended to deflect attention from the serious news that's out there now.
Is That Legal?: Stop the "Wellstone Funeral" Meme In Its Tracks! 2006
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He was very indignant at what he called the outrage of the New York paper, and said
In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories Robert Barr 1881
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I may not agree with the president on some issues but this "outrage" is a shame.
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This so called "outrage" is cover for their impending negative attacks they plan to unleash.
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This so called "outrage" is cover for their impending negative attacks they plan to unleash.
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A vivid example of the bacteria's '"outrage" is illustrated by what happened to the window of a transportation spacecraft that docked to Mir when piloted by its last crew.
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I was able to conclude with a short plea for compassion and an expression of outrage at the idea of a man being imprisoned for life for shoplifting.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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