outrage

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Related terms 1.6 External links

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[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

outrage (plural outrages)

1. An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
2. An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
3. The resentful anger aroused by such acts.
4. (obsolete) A destructive rampage.

   "by the outrage and fury of the river Effra" (from an old description of flood damage).

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[edit] Verb

to outrage (third-person singular simple present outrages, present participle outraging, simple past and past participle outraged)

1. (transitive) to cause or commit an outrage.
2. (transitive) to cause resentment through such acts.

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[edit] Related terms

• outrageous

[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