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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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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. Paul Trible:

   Last week, Sophia Nelson tweeted a question, and previously tweeted other comments, that have caused great pain and outrage for many members of our Christopher Newport family.When one of us hurts, we all hurt.

2. Ron DeSantis:

   So when Biden is flying these people all over the fruited plain in the middle of the night, I didn't hear a peep out of those people, i haven't heard a peep about all the people that have been told by Biden [migrants] can just come in — and they're going, they're being abused by the cartels. They're drowning in the Rio Grande. You had 50 that died in some shed in Texas. I heard no outrage about any of that.

3. Michael Signer:

   There is a difference between demagogues and demagogic behavior, everything he has been doing has been at the level of him benefiting from controversy. There's a propagandistic element to it. He knows how to outrage people for his own benefit, and he's done that his whole career.

4. High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein:

   Taheri's multiple convictions on a variety of vague charges, his alleged detention in solitary confinement and now his sentencing to death bring into stark focus serious issues with the administration of justice and the terribly worrying use of the death penalty in Iran, for an individual to be sentenced to death for peaceful exercise of freedom of expression, religion or belief is an absolute outrage -- and a clear violation of international human rights law.

5. Sharon Gordon:

   There's been a confluence of social media and outrage, i do believe for the first time we're about to make a change.

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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