outrage
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English and Old French oltrage (“‘excess’”), from Late Latin *ultragium or *ultraticum ("a going beyond") and from Latin ultra (“‘beyond’”); rather than from out and rage.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈaʊtreɪʤ/, SAMPA: /"aUtreIdZ/
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[edit] Noun
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outrage (plural outrages)
- An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
- An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
- The resentful anger aroused by such acts.
- (obsolete) A destructive rampage.
[edit] Translations
an atrocity
an offensive, immoral or indecent act
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[edit] Verb
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to outrage (third-person singular simple present outrages, present participle outraging, simple past and past participle outraged)
- (transitive) to cause or commit an outrage.
- (transitive) to cause resentment through such acts.
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cause resentment
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[edit] External links
- outrage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- outrage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911