Definition of Outrage in English :

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Outrage

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Noun

1. indignation, outrage

a feeling of righteous anger

2. outrage

a wantonly cruel act

3. outrage, scandal

a disgraceful event

4. outrage, scandalisation, scandalization

the act of scandalizing

Verb

5. appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock

strike with disgust or revulsion

Example Sentences:
'The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends'

6. desecrate, outrage, profane, violate

violate the sacred character of a place or language

Example Sentences:
'desecrate a cemetery'
'violate the sanctity of the church'
'profane the name of God'

7. assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate

force (someone) to have sex against their will

Example Sentences:
'The woman was raped on her way home at night'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Outrage

see synonyms of outrage
noun
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
verb (transitive)
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 rape1

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Outrage

see synonyms of outrage
noun
1. 
an extremely vicious or violent act
2. 
a deep insult or offense
3. 
great anger, indignation, etc. aroused by such an act or offense
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈoutˌraged or ˈoutˌraging
4. 
to commit an outrage upon or against
; specif.,
a. 
to offend, insult, or wrong grievously
b. 
to rape
5. 
to cause great anger, indignation, etc. in

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Outrage

see synonyms of outrage
n.
1. An act of extreme violence or viciousness: outrages committed by the dictatorship.
2. Something that is grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste: viewed the film as an outrage to common decency.
3. Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act, or an instance of this: The incident sparked a public outrage.
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: was outraged that he was lied to. See Synonyms at offend.

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