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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.
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Origin:
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.
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out·rage   (out'rāj')   
n.  

  1. An act of extreme violence or viciousness.

  2. An act grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste.

  3. A deplorable insult.

  4. Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act.

tr.v.   out·raged, out·rag·ing, out·rag·es

  1. To offend grossly against (standards of decency or morality); commit an outrage on.

  2. To produce anger or resentment in: Incompetence outraged him. See Synonyms at offend.


[Middle English, from Old French, from outre, beyond; see outré.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: out·rage
Pronunciation: 'aut-"rAj
Function: noun
1 : a deeply offensive or violent act
2 : the tort of intentionally inflicting emotional distress
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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