outrage

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
outrage (noun)
1.
an act of violence or brutality
2.
a) - injury insult do no outrages on silly women or poor passengers Shakespeare
b) an act that violates accepted standards of behavior or taste - an outrage alike against decency and dignity John Buchan
3.
the anger and resentment aroused by injury or insult
outrage (verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) - rape
b) to violate the standards or principles of - he has outraged respectability past endurance John Braine
2.
to arouse anger or resentment in usually by some grave offense - was outraged by the accusation offend
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
outrage (noun)
1.
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
SYNONYMS:
affront, barb, brickbat, cut, dart, dig, dis ( diss), epithet, gird, indignity, name, offense ( offence), outrage, personality, poke, put-down, sarcasm, slap, slight, slur
RELATED WORDS:
catcall, gibe ( jibe), jeer, mock, quip, sneer, taunt; abuse, invective, vituperation; disapproval, opprobrium; disgrace, dishonor, shame; attack, criticism, knock, slam, swipe; torment, torture
NEAR ANTONYMS:
accolade, commendation, compliment; acclaim, applause, praise; adulation, flattery
outrage (noun)
2.
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
SYNONYMS:
angriness, birse, choler, furor, fury, indignation, irateness, ire, lividity, lividness, mad, madness, mood, outrage, rage, spleen, wrath, wrathfulness
RELATED WORDS:
aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation, vexation; acrimoniousness, acrimony, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bile, biliousness, bitterness, contempt, embitterment, empoisonment, enmity, grudge, hostility, rancor; envy, jaundice, jealousy, pique, resentment; malevolence, malice, spite, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol; belligerence, contentiousness, contrariness, crankiness, disputatiousness, hot-headedness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, orneriness, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, querulousness; blowup, flare, flare-up, outburst; chafe, dander, dudgeon, huff, pet, rise, ruffle, temper; air rage, road rage; delirium, heat, passion, warmth
NEAR ANTONYMS:
calmness, forbearance, patience
delight, pleasure
outrage (verb)
1.
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
SYNONYMS:
affront, dis ( diss), disrespect, offend, outrage, slap, slight, wound
RELATED WORDS:
cut, snub; displease, distress, disturb, hurt, miff, pain, trouble, upset; jeer, mock, ridicule, sneer (at), taunt; defame, disparage, libel, malign, revile, slander, slur, smear; oppress, persecute, torment, torture
NEAR ANTONYMS:
acclaim, applaud, approve, hail; commend, compliment, eulogize, praise; adulate, flatter, sweet-talk; exalt, glorify, honor; delight, gratify, please, satisfy
outrage (verb)
2.
to make angry
SYNONYMS:
enrage, incense, inflame ( enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage, rankle, rile, roil, steam up, tick off
RELATED WORDS:
affront, aggravate, annoy, burn (up), cross, exasperate, get, huff, irritate, miff, nettle, offend, peeve, pique, provoke, put out, ruffle, vex; antagonize, embitter, envenom
NEAR ANTONYMS:
allay, assuage, relieve; comfort, console, soothe; appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate; calm, lull, quiet, settle; beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, disarm, enchant
delight, gratify, please
outrage (verb)
3.
to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent
SYNONYMS:
assault, force, outrage, ravish, violate
RELATED WORDS:
date rape; gang rape; molest; paw; defile, deflower
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