Dictionary Definition
outrage
Noun
1 a feeling of righteous anger [syn: indignation]
2 a wantonly cruel act
3 a disgraceful event [syn: scandal]
4 the act of scandalizing [syn: scandalization, scandalisation]
Verb
1 strike with disgust or revulsion; "The
scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
[syn: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall]
2 violate the sacred character of a place or
language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the
church"; "profane the name of God" [syn: desecrate, profane, 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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From etyl enm, etyl fro oltrage, from *ultragium or *ultraticum ("a going beyond"), from etyl la ultra; and not from out and rage.Pronunciation
- /ˈaʊtreɪʤ/
- /"aUtreIdZ/
Noun
Translations
offensive, immoral or indecent act
Verb
- to commit an outrage
- to cause resentment by such an act
Translations
cause resentment
- Italian: oltraggiare
Extensive Definition
Outrage may refer to:
- See :wiktionary:outrage.
- Outrage, an album by punk band Oi Polloi.
- Outrage!, the Tower of London board game
- OutRage!, a gay rights pressure group.
- Outrage, a 1950 B-movie directed by Ida Lupino.
- A UK fashion men's clothing brand based in Essex.
- Outrage, a 1982 novel about vigilantism by Henry Denker.
- Outrage, a Japanese heavy metal band.
- Outrage!, a 1993 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura
outrage in German: Frevel
outrage in French: Outrage
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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