Outrage
/ˈaʊtreɪdʒ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA strong feeling of anger caused by something unfair or wrong.
verbTo make someone feel very angry or shocked.
Extra definitions
noun; verbA feeling of extreme anger.
noun; verbA shocking or offensive action.
noun; verbTo make someone extremely angry.
Sentence Examples
The decision caused public outrage.
Many called the attack an outrage.
The unfair rule outraged residents.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Word Origin & History
The verb is from Middle English outragen, from Old French oultragier.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom.[…]”
— 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
“Police went to the cemetery at Trafalgar, near Yallourn, and discovered that a woman's body had been stolen from a grave. They were satisfied it was the same body found at Yallourn - but made no progress in running down the ghouls responsible for the outrage.”
— 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 38:
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The decision caused public ____.