outrage

out·rage  (outrj)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from outre, beyond; see outré.]

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outrage

Noun

1. deep indignation, anger, or resentment: she felt a sense of outrage that he should abandon her like that

2. an extremely vicious or cruel act; gross violation of decency, morality, or honour: there have been reports of another bombing outrage in the capital

Verb

[-raging, -raged]

to cause deep indignation, anger, or resentment in (someone): they were outraged by the news of the assassination [French outré beyond]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	outrage - a feeling of righteous anger indignation anger, ire, choler - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance dudgeon, high dudgeon - a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')
	2.	outrage - a wantonly cruel act atrocity, inhumanity - an act of atrocious cruelty
	3.	outrage - a disgraceful event scandal trouble - an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard, skeleton - a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"
	4.	outrage - the act of scandalizing scandalisation, scandalization affront, insult - a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
Verb	1.	outrage - strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" appal, appall, scandalise, scandalize, shock, offend churn up, sicken, disgust, nauseate, revolt - cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
	2.	outrage - violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" desecrate, profane, violate assail, assault, set on, attack - attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
	3.	outrage - force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" rape, ravish, assault, dishonor, dishonour, violate assail, assault, set on, attack - attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" gang-rape - rape (someone) successively with several attackers; "The prisoner was gang-raped"

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outrage

noun 1. indignation, shock, anger, rage, fury, hurt, resentment, scorn, wrath, ire (literary) exasperation, umbrage, righteous anger

noun 2. atrocity, crime, horror, evil, cruelty, brutality, enormity, barbarism, inhumanity, abomination, barbarity, villainy, act of cruelty

verb 3. offend, shock, upset, pain, wound, provoke, insult, infuriate, incense, gall, madden, vex, affront, displease, rile, scandalize, give offence, nark Brit., Austral., N.Z. (slang) cut to the quick, make your blood boil, put (someone's) nose out of joint, put (someone's) back up, disgruntle

Translations

outrage [ˈautreɪdʒ] n (= scandal) → escándalo (= atrocity); atrocidad f

vt → ultrajar

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outrage [ˈautreɪdʒ] n (= anger) → indignation f (= violent act); atrocité f, acte m de violence (= scandal); scandale m

vt → outrager

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outrage [ˈautreɪdʒ] n (= scandal) → Skandal m (= atrocity); Verbrechen nt, Ausschreitung f (= anger); Empörung f

vt (= shock, anger) → empören

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outrage [ˈautreɪdʒ] n → oltraggio; scandalo

vt → oltraggiare