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out⋅rage
[out-reyj] 
noun, verb, -raged, -rag⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency. |
| 2. | anything that strongly offends, insults, or affronts the feelings. |
| 3. | 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)
| 4. | to subject to grievous violence or indignity. |
| 5. | to anger or offend; make resentful; shock: I am outraged by his whole attitude. |
| 6. | to offend against (right, decency, feelings, etc.) grossly or shamelessly: Such conduct outrages our normal sense of decency. |
| 7. | to rape. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF outrage, ultrage, equiv. to outr(er) to push beyond bounds (deriv. of outre beyond < L ultrā) + -age -age
1250–1300; ME < OF outrage, ultrage, equiv. to outr(er) to push beyond bounds (deriv. of outre beyond < L ultrā) + -age -age
Synonyms:
2. offense, abuse, indignity. 7. violate.
2. offense, abuse, indignity. 7. violate.
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| out·rage (out'rāj') n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from outre, beyond; see outré.] |
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Outrage
Out*rage"\, v. t. [Out + rage.] To rage in excess of. [R.] --Young.Outrage
Out"rage\, n. [F. outrage; OF. outre, oltre, beyond (F. outre, L. ultra) + -age, as, in courage, voyage. See Ulterior.]1. Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury. --Chaucer. He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country. --Spenser. 2. Excess; luxury. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: Affront; insult; abuse. See Affront.Outrage
Out"rage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outragen; p. pr. & vb. n. Outraging.] [F. outrager. See Outrage, n.]1. To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse. Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return. --Atterbury. This interview outrages all decency. --Broome. 2. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).Outrage
Out"rage\, v. t. To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.
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Language Translation for : outrage
Spanish:
atrocidad, escándalo, ultraje,
German:
der Frevel,
Japanese:
暴行
outrage (n.)
1290, "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 from out + rage. Of injuries to feelings, principles, etc., from 1769. The verb is from 1303 in the sense of "to go to excess;" 1590 with meaning "do violence to." Outrageous is from c.1325; modern teen slang usages of it unwittingly approach the original and etymological sense of the word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: out·rage
Pronunciation: 'aut-"rAj
Function: noun
1 : a deeply offensive or violent act
2 : the tort of intentionally inflicting emotional distress
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