Definitions for OUTRAGE
ˈaʊt reɪdʒout·rage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. indignation, outragenoun

   a feeling of righteous anger

2. outragenoun

   a wantonly cruel act

3. scandal, outragenoun

   a disgraceful event

4. scandalization, scandalisation, outrageverb

   the act of scandalizing

5. shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrageverb

   strike with disgust or revulsion

   "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

6. desecrate, profane, outrage, violateverb

   violate the sacred character of a place or language

   "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

7. rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrageverb

   force (someone) to have sex against their will

   "The woman was raped on her way home at night"

GCIDERate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Outrageverb

   To cause to become very angry; as, the burning of the flag outraged the small conservative town.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outragenoun

   An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.

2. outragenoun

   An offensive, immoral or indecent act.

3. outragenoun

   The resentful anger aroused by such acts.

4. outragenoun

   A destructive rampage.

   "by the outrage and fury of the river Effra" (from an old description of flood damage).

5. outrageverb

   to cause or commit an outrage.

6. outrageverb

   to cause resentment through such acts.

7. Etymology: From and oltrage, from *ultragium or *ultraticum ("a going beyond") and from ultra; rather than from out and rage. The verb is from oltragier.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Outragenoun

   Etymology: outrage, Fr.

   1. Open violence; tumultuous mischief.

   He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country where he went. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   He doth himself in secret shrowd,
   To fly the vengeance for his outrage due. Fa. Queen.

   In that beastly fury
   He has been known to commit outrage,
   And cherish factions. William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens.

   Uncharitably with me have you dealt,
   And shamefully my hopes by you are butcher’d;
   My charity is outrage. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   2. This word seems to be used by Philips for mere commotion, without any ill import, contrary to the universal use of writers.

   See with what outrage from the frosty north,
   The early valiant Swede draws forth his wings
   In battailous array. Philips.

2. To Outrageverb

   To injure violently or contumeliously; to insult roughly and tumultuously; to endangering life.

   Etymology: outrager, Fr.

   Ah heavens! that do this hideous act behold,
   And heavenly virgin thus outraged see;
   How can the vengeance just so long withhold! Fa. Queen.

   The news put divers young bloods into such a fury, as the English embassadors were not without peril to be outraged. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   Base and insolent minds outrage men, when they have hopes of doing it without a return. Francis Atterbury.

   This interview outrages all decency; she forgets her modesty, and betrays her virtue, by giving too long an audience. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. vi.

3. To Outrageverb

   To commit exorbitancies.

   Three or four great ones in court will outrage in apparel, huge hose, monstrous hats, and garish colours. Roger Ascham.

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1. outrage

   Outrage is an intense feeling of shock, anger, or indignation due to a real or perceived offense, injustice, or insult. It can also refer to an act or event that provokes such a reaction.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Outrage

   owt′rāj, n. violence beyond measure: excessive abuse: wanton mischief.—v.t. to treat with excessive abuse: to injure by violence, esp. to violate, to ravish.—v.i. to be guilty of outrage.—adj. Outrā′geous, violent: furious: turbulent: atrocious: enormous, immoderate.—adv. Outrā′geously.—n. Outrā′geousness. [O. Fr. oultrage (mod. outrage)—Low L. ultragium—L. ultra, beyond.]

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1. outrage

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How to pronounce OUTRAGE?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say OUTRAGE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of OUTRAGE in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of OUTRAGE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of OUTRAGE in a Sentence

1. Joe Biden:

   For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury, no progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the path forward.

2. Joe Biden:

   I'm not walking anything back. The fact of the matter is, I was expressing the moral outrage I felt toward the way Putin is dealing and the actions of this man, which is just brutality.

3. Kathy Griffin:

   I am no longer sorry, the whole outrage was B.S., the whole thing got so blown out of proportion and I lost everybody.

4. Ronnie Richter:

   We get calls every day with one unified sentiment – outrage.

5. Riana Elyse Anderson:

   We can read a description of the events. We live in a violent culture, and serving around these clips as entertainment only really makes us more violent. I don’t think the solution is ‘let’s all watch and gawk and stoke our outrage.’ We are outraged enough already without the added trauma of searing these images into our minds, you have to think about the toll that this takes on your humanity.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=OUTRAGE
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=OUTRAGE
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Outrage
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=OUTRAGE
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=OUTRAGE