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outrage

[out-reyj]

noun

an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.

anything that strongly offends, insults, or affronts the feelings.

a powerful feeling of resentment or anger aroused by something perceived as an injury, insult, or injustice: Outrage seized the entire nation at the news of the attempted assassination.

verb (used with object)

to subject to grievous violence or indignity.

to anger or offend; make resentful; shock: I am outraged by his whole attitude.

to offend against (right, decency, feelings, etc.) grossly or shamelessly: Such conduct outrages our normal sense of decency.

to rape.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French outrage, ultrage, equivalent to outr(er) to push beyond bounds (derivative of outre beyond < Latin ultrā) + -age -age

Related forms

un·out·raged, adjective

Synonyms
2. offense, abuse, indignity. 7. violate.

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In this era of outrage over c-suite perquisites and high-flying bonuses, it's a little easy to get wrapped up in the outrage.

By giving the gentlest sentence that was realistically available he may hope to minimise the international outrage.

Public outrage spurred the effort to monitor the industry's use of animals.

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In this era of outrage over c-suite perquisites and high-flying bonuses, it's a little easy to get wrapped up in the outrage.

By giving the gentlest sentence that was realistically available he may hope to minimise the international outrage.

Public outrage spurred the effort to monitor the industry's use of animals.

The announcement last week that the first human clone had been born was met with skepticism, concern and outrage.

Apple has pulled an iPhone game that involved shaking a baby to death in response to widespread outrage from parents.

The government reacted to this suggestion with predictable outrage.

News of their deaths provoked international outrage.

Leave the outrage for things that are actually horrifying.

Pakistani generals have done everything but scramble their jets to demonstrate their outrage.

The case had caused outrage when it appeared that, despite the presence of large numbers of witnesses, the murderer would go free.

Deng's outrage would inspire more sympathy if his own forces weren't so morally tainted.

Perhaps on some level they sense that which is why they fear it which is why they feel the outrage.

Friedman decried college students' lack of outrage over contemporary issues.

The outrage that has greeted his ruling among blacks bears witness to the depth of racial sensitivities.

When someone takes the life of a bear, and particularly a bear with cubs, they draw outrage.

Considering the outrage over the experimental use of placental stem cells, this inference should be avoided at all costs.

Certainly, if a respected news agency were caught doing it today, public outrage would ensue.

The outrage which the episode has provoked is profound.

There is more tolerance for this kind of ludicrousness and less outrage.

And there's nothing in it that merits the current outrage.

True, there is something mean-spirited about profiting from a neighbour's misfortune, but that's not worthy of outrage.

It's the old tactic of selling outrage rather than facts.

Suddenly it seems an exciting idea to burn a car to express your outrage.

Much outrage has focused on the deaths of prisoners who have not yet been sentenced, and rightly so.

The letters of outrage he wrote were childish and violent.

The benefits of faking outrage and injury in sport can outweigh the penalties.

The outrage led to a new election and the formation of a shaky pro-Western coalition government.

They were acquitted, inflaming public outrage over the tragedy.

The pictures of her half-clothed or naked children sparked outrage in some quarters.

Marine tossing a puppy off a cliff has sparked fierce controversy and outrage online, leading to a military.

Bizarre, then, that the catalyst for all this outrage is a rule change that is long overdue.

It was an act that generated worldwide outrage and endures as a symbol of mindless desecration and religious extremism.

Marine tossing a puppy off a cliff has sparked fierce controversy and outrage online, leading to a military investigation.

And all this has been amplified into public outrage by the foolish decision to pay out bumper bonuses again.

Not surprisingly, this has prompted outrage amongst some of the government's own back-benchers.

What happened to your sister is an outrage and if the owner did not serve serious prison time, it is also an outrage.

Because that outrage should be placed solely on the backs of the parents.

Her father, a former paratrooper, perfected a line in anti-Semitic and xenophobic outrage.

Company bosses have been slow to understand the new mood of outrage among shareholders.

The resort to beheading, hand-chopping and whipping fuels tabloid gore and human-rights outrage.

Civil libertarians howled in outrage before the game.

With outrage following outrage in the media, politicians have been clamouring for quick public hangings.

So a new weapon which is said to freeze and explode the victim has produced a predictable wave of outrage from the tabloids.

The film's apparent glorification of vigilantism caused outrage among the bien-pensants.

There's something intensely icky about being ruled by the fake outrage of others.

But this amounts to polite throat-clearing compared with the outrage on the other side of the pond.

The hacker community erupted in outrage following the arrest.

Every week serves up a new tragedy or outrage to be added to the pile of evidence.

Some of my correspondents have only recently read the columns and come after me with fresh outrage and energy.

Hence the community's outrage at a possible change of ownership.

Amazon now claims it was a huge internal glitch, while an internet troll says he did it to cause outrage.

Public outrage against corruption is still high, yet the bleak perception is that it flourishes.

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World English Dictionary

outrage (ˈaʊtˌreɪdʒ)

—n
1.	a wantonly vicious or cruel act
2.	a gross violation of decency, morality, honour, etc
3.	profound indignation, anger, or hurt, caused by such an act

—vb
4.	to cause profound indignation, anger, or resentment in
5.	to offend grossly (feelings, decency, human dignity, etc)
6.	to commit an act of wanton viciousness, cruelty, or indecency on
7.	a euphemistic word for rape

[C13 (meaning: excess): via French from outré beyond, from Latin ultrā]

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Word Origin & History

outrage

late 13c., "violent behavior, excess, extravagance," from O.Fr. outrage (12c.), earlier oltrage (11c.), from V.L. *ultraticum "excess," from L. ultra "beyond." Etymologically, "the passing beyond reasonable bounds" in any sense; meaning narrowed in Eng. toward violent excesses because of folk etymology

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from out + rage. Of injuries to feelings, principles, etc., from 1769. The verb is from c.1300 in the sense of "to go to excess;" 1580s with meaning "do violence to."

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