outrage

out·rage

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noun

The definition of an outrage is an act of violence or an insult.
1. An example of an outrage is someone punching another person in the face.
2. An example of an outrage is someone calling their friend's mother a horrible name.

verb

Outrage is defined as to deeply insult someone, or to commit a violent act against someone.
An example of outrage is putting acid in a person's shampoo bottle.

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outrage

an extremely vicious or violent act
a deep insult or grave offense
great anger, indignation, etc. aroused by such an act or offense

Origin of outrage

Old French from outre, beyond from Classical Latin ultra (see ultra): meaning influenced, influence by associated, association with out and rage

transitive verb

-·raged·, -·rag·ing

to commit an outrage upon or against; specif.,
1. to offend, insult, or wrong grievously
2. to rape
to cause great anger, indignation, etc. in

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outrage

noun

An act of extreme violence or viciousness: outrages committed by the dictatorship.
Something that is grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste: viewed the film as an outrage to common decency.
Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act, or an instance of this: The incident sparked a public outrage.

transitive verb

out·raged, out·rag·ing, out·rag·es

To offend grossly against (standards of decency or morality); commit an outrage on.
To produce anger or resentment in: was outraged that he was lied to. See Synonyms at offend.

Origin of outrage

Middle English from Old French from outre beyond ; see outré .

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Noun

(plural outrages)

An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
The resentful anger aroused by such acts.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present outrages, present participle outraging, simple past and past participle outraged)

to cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
(archaic) To violate; to rape (a female).

Origin

From Middle English and Old French oltrage (“excess"), from Late Latin *ultragium or *ultraticum ("a going beyond") and from Latin ultra (“beyond"); rather than from out and rage. The verb is from Old French oltragier.

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