outrage

[out·rage]

If you consider how people are treated in airports an outrage, you get really angry over airport security or the price of airport food. Six dollars for a piece of pizza? What an outrage!

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To rage in excess of.

Noun
a wantonly cruel act

Noun
the act of scandalizing

Noun
a disgraceful event

Noun
a feeling of righteous anger

Verb
strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

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Verb
force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"

Verb
violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"


v. t.
To rage in excess of.

n.
Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.

n.
Excess; luxury.

n.
To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.

n.
Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).

v. t.
To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.


Outrage

Out*rage" , v. t. [Out + rage.] To rage in excess of. [R.] Young.

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.
He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country.
2. Excess; luxury. [Obs.] Chaucer. Syn. -- Affront; insult; abuse. See Affront.

Outrage

Out"rage , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outragen ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outraging .] [F. outrager. See Outrage, n.] 1. To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.
Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return.
This interview outrages all decency.
2. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).

Outrage

Out"rage, v. t. To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.

To rage in excess of.

Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.

To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.

To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.

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Usage Examples

Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines.

Being told about the effects of climate change is an appeal to our reason and to our desire to bring about change. But to see that Africans are the hardest hit by climate change, even though they generate almost no greenhouse gas, is a glaring injustice, which also triggers anger and outrage over those who seek to ignore it.

I think people should be angry at things that are worthy of anger. Injustice is outrageous and deserves outrage.

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Other Usage Examples

I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?

9/11 was a deliberate, carefully planned evil act of the long-waged war on the West by Koran-inspired soldiers of Allah around the world. They hated us before George W. Bush was in office. They hated us before Israel existed. And the avengers of the religion of perpetual outrage will keep hating us.

One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage.

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