outrage
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
outrage
n 1: a feeling of righteous anger [syn: {indignation},
{outrage}]
2: a wantonly cruel act
3: a disgraceful event [syn: {scandal}, {outrage}]
4: the act of scandalizing [syn: {scandalization},
{scandalisation}, {outrage}]
v 1: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior
of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: {shock},
{offend}, {scandalize}, {scandalise}, {appal}, {appall},
{outrage}]
2: violate the sacred character of a place or language;
"desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church";
"profane the name of God" [syn: {desecrate}, {profane},
{outrage}, {violate}]
3: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
was raped on her way home at night" [syn: {rape}, {ravish},
{violate}, {assault}, {dishonor}, {dishonour}, {outrage}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Outrage \Out"rage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outragen}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Outraging}.] [F. outrager. See {Outrage}, n.]
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1. To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat
with violence or excessive abuse.
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Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have
hope of doing it without a return. --Atterbury.
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This interview outrages all decency. --Broome.
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2. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault
upon (a female).
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3. To cause to become very angry; as, the burning of the flag
outraged the small conservative town.
[PJC]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country.
--Spenser.
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2. Excess; luxury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Syn: Affront; insult; abuse. See {Affront}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
227 Moby Thesaurus words for "outrage":
abomination, abuse, afflict, affront, aggrieve, anger, aspersion,
atrocity, attack, bad, bane, barbarism, barbarity, batter, befoul,
befoulment, bewitch, bitterness, blight, breach, brickbat, bruise,
brutality, buffet, call names, chafe, condemn, contempt, contumely,
corrupt, corruption, crime, crime against humanity, crucify,
cruelty, crying evil, curse, cut, damage, deadly sin, defile,
defilement, deflorate, deflower, delinquency, deprave, dereliction,
desecrate, despite, despoil, despoliation, destroy, destruction,
detriment, disadvantage, dishonor, disoblige, displease, disserve,
disservice, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill,
do violence to, do wrong, do wrong by, do wrong to, doom, dump,
dump on, enormity, enrage, envenom, error, evil, failure, fault,
felony, fleer at, flout, flouting, force, genocide,
get into trouble, gibe, gibe at, give offense, give offense to,
give umbrage, great wrong, grievance, grieve, gross injustice,
guilty act, harass, harm, havoc, heavy sin, hex, humiliate,
humiliation, hurl a brickbat, hurt, hurt the feelings, ill,
ill-treat, ill-treatment, ill-usage, ill-use, impair, imposition,
impropriety, indignation, indignity, indiscretion, inexpiable sin,
infect, infection, infuriate, inhumanity, iniquity, injure, injury,
injustice, insult, ire, jeer, jeer at, jeering, jibe at, jinx,
knock about, lapse, madden, malefaction, malfeasance, malignity,
maltreat, maltreatment, malum, manhandle, maul, menace,
minor wrong, miscarriage of justice, mischief, misdeed,
misdemeanor, misfeasance, mishandle, mistreat, mistreatment, mock,
mockery, molest, molestation, mortal sin, nettle, nonfeasance,
offend, offense, omission, oppress, peccadillo, peccancy,
persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute,
pollution, prejudice, prosecute, put down, put-down, rape, ravage,
ravish, raw deal, resentment, rile, rough, rough up, run, savage,
savagery, scathe, scoff, scoff at, scurrility, shock, sin,
sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, slight, slip,
spoil, sting, taint, taunt, the worst, threaten, torment, tort,
torture, toxin, transgression, treat with indignity, trespass,
trip, uncomplimentary remark, unutterable sin, venial sin, venom,
vex, vexation, violate, violation, violence, woe, wound, wrath,
wreak havoc on, wrong, wrongdoing
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