outrage

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  1. noun An act of extreme violence or viciousness.
  2. noun An act grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste.
  3. noun A deplorable insult.
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  • This outrage was a rather late one, because the Land League latterly decided to shoot objectionable characters only in the legs, because though a fuss was made at the time, if a man was killed it was soon forgotten afterwards, whereas a lame man was a lifelong testimony to their power. —  The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent
  • Public opinion, meanwhile, was carefully trained by the official “Moniteur,” which described in detail various so-called anarchist attempts; but an increasing number in official circles veered round to Fouché's belief that the outrage was the work of the royalists abetted by England. —  The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
  • This outrage is almost as hilarious as when the West strongly promoted elections in Palestine ... until Hamas won. —  CTV News RSS Feed
  • I don't think their outrage is bogus, I just think their outrage is about outrage and not issues. —  BlueOregon
  • Adding to the outrage is the recent decision by an appeals court that the school is not a business, and hence need not comply with state anti-discrimination laws. —  WORLD Magazine | Community
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injustice ·  oppression ·  violence ·  atrocity ·  anger ·  annoyance ·  insult ·  horror ·  abuse ·  rebellion ·  massacre ·  dismay

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outrage:   outrages ·  outraged
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Etymologies (5)

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

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  1. from Middle English outrage, owtrage, owterage, outtrage, from Old French outrage, outraige, oultrage, English outrage = Provencal outratge, oltratge = Spanish Portuguese ultraje = Italian oltraggio (Middle Latin ultragium), excess, extravagance, insolence, outrage, from oltre, French outre, from Latin ultra, beyond: see ultra.
  2. from Middle English outragen, from Old French outrager, outrager, French outrager = Spanish Portuguese ultrajar = Italian oltraggiare, outrage; from the noun.
  3. from Middle English outrage, owtrage; from the verb.
  4. from out + rage.
 

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