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Verb: outrage 'awt,reyj- Strike with disgust or revulsion
"The scandalous behaviour of this married woman outraged her friends"; - shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise [Brit], appal [Brit, Cdn], appall [US] - Disregard the sacred character of a place or language
- desecrate, profane, violate, defile - Force (someone) to have sex against their will
"The woman was outraged on her way home at night"; - rape, ravish [archaic], violate, assault, dishonor [US, archaic], dishonour [Brit, Cdn, archaic] Noun: outrage 'awt,reyj- Anger aroused by some perceived offence or injustice
- indignation - A wantonly cruel act
- A disgraceful event
- scandal - The act of scandalizing
- scandalization, scandalisation [Brit]
Derived forms: outraged, outrages, outraging Type of: affront, anger, assail, assault, atrocity, attack, choler, disgust, inhumanity, insult, ire, nauseate, revolt, set on, sicken, trouble Encyclopedia: Outrage |