outrage
Plural: outrages
Noun
- a feeling of righteous anger
- a wantonly cruel act
- a disgraceful event
- the act of scandalizing
- An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
- An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
- The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
- A destructive rampage.
Verb
Verb Forms: outraged, outraging, outrages
- To cause extreme anger or indignation.
- strike with disgust or revulsion
- violate the sacred character of a place or language
- force (someone) to have sex against their will
- To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
- To inspire feelings of outrage in.
- To sexually violate; to rape.
- To rage in excess of.
Examples
- The illegal word play caused an OUTRAGE among the Words With Friends community.
- The senator's comments outraged the community.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, oultrage (“excess”), from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ("a going beyond"), derived from Latin ultrā (“beyond”). Later reanalysed as out- + rage, whence the contemporary pronunciation, though neither of these is etymologically related.
The verb is from Middle English outragen, from Old French oultragier.
Synonyms
appal, appall, assault, desecrate, dishonor, dishonour, indignation, offend, profane, rape, ravish, scandal, scandalisation, scandalise, scandalization, scandalize, shock, violate
Scrabble Score: 8
outrage: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordoutrage: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
outrage: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary