outrage

See also: outragé

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, oultrage (“excess”), from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ("a going beyond"), derived from Latin ultrā (“beyond”). Later reanalysed as out- +‎ rage, whence the contemporary pronunciation, though neither of these is etymologically related.

The verb is from Middle English outragen, from Old French oultragier.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/
- Audio (US) (file)
(obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊt.ɹɪd͡ʒ/^[1]

Noun[edit]

outrage (countable and uncountable, plural outrages)

An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
- 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:
  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. […]
An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
(obsolete) A destructive rampage. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

excessively violent or vicious attack; atrocity — see also atrocity

Bulgarian: безчинство (bg) n (bezčinstvo)
Catalan: atrocitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 暴行 (bou⁶ hang⁶)

Mandarin: 暴行 (zh) (bàoxíng)
Czech: násilí (cs) n, ukrutnost (cs) f
Dutch: wandaad (nl) f
Finnish: hirmuteko
French: outrage (fr) m
German: Untat (de) f, Gräueltat (de) f, (empörendes) Verbrechen (gegen moralische Werte oder Staat etc.)
Greek: έκτροπο (el) f (éktropo), ωμότητα (el) f (omótita), αγριότητα (el) f (agriótita)
Hungarian: merénylet (hu), erőszak (hu), atrocitás (hu)
Irish: uafás m
Italian: oltraggio (it) m
Japanese: 乱暴 (ja) (らんぼう, ranbō), 暴行 (ja) (ぼうこう, bōkō)
Latin: flagitium n
Macedonian: бес m (bes)
Portuguese: atrocidade (pt) f
Romanian: atrocitate (ro) f
Russian: злодея́ние (ru) n (zlodejánije)
Spanish: atrocidad f
Telugu: దురాగతము (durāgatamu)
Welsh: trais (cy) m or f

offensive, immoral or indecent act

Bulgarian: насилие (bg) n (nasilie)
Catalan: ultratge (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 暴行 (zh) (bàoxíng)
Czech: zločin (cs) m, zvěrstvo n
Dutch: belediging (nl) f
Esperanto: indigno
French: offense (fr) f
Galician: aldraxe (gl) m or f
German: Beleidigung (de) f, Frevel (de) m, Schandtat (de) f, Schande (de) f, Skandal (de) m
Greek: προσβολή (el) f (prosvolí), αίσχος (el) n (aíschos)
Hungarian: gaztett (hu), gazság (hu), gyalázat (hu), szörnyűség (hu)
Irish: feillbheart m
Japanese: 非道 (ja) (ひどう, hidō)
Macedonian: безобра́зие n (bezobrázie)
Portuguese: ultraje (pt) m
Romanian: ultraj (ro) n
Russian: безобра́зие (ru) n (bezobrázije), произво́л (ru) m (proizvól), гру́бое наруше́ние n (grúboje narušénije), возмути́тельный посту́пок m (vozmutítelʹnyj postúpok), акт произво́ла m (akt proizvóla), (colloquial) беспреде́л (ru) m (bespredél)
Spanish: ultraje (es) m, desafuero (es) m, atropello (es) m
Telugu: దురాగతము (durāgatamu)
Welsh: gwarth m, cywilydd (cy) m

anger

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: hira
Catalan: ràbia (ca) f, indignació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 憤怒／愤怒 (zh) (fènnù)
Czech: vztek (cs) m, hněv (cs) m, zuřivost (cs) f, pobouření (cs) n
Dutch: verontwaardiging (nl) f, woede (nl) c, razernij (nl) f
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: raivo (fi)
French: colère (fr) f, rage (fr) f, indignation (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Wut (de) f, Rage (de) f, Empörung (de) f, Entrüstung (de) f
Greek: οργή (el) f (orgí)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: felháborodás (hu), megbotránkozás (hu), botrány (hu)
Irish: uafás m, fearg f
Italian: sdegno (it) m, indignazione (it) f
Japanese: 激怒 (ja) (げきど, gekido); 憤怒 (ja) (ふんぬ, fun'nu), 憤慨 (ja) (ふんがい, fungai)
Macedonian: лу́тина f (lútina), гнев m (gnev)
Portuguese: raiva (pt) f, indignação (pt) f
Romanian: furie (ro) f, mânie (ro) f
Russian: я́рость (ru) f (járostʹ), негодова́ние (ru) n (negodovánije), гнев (ru) m (gnev)
Slovene: ogorčenje n
Spanish: indignación (es) f, rabia (es) f, cólera (es) f
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: dicter m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} غضب
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 침범 (chimbeom)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} skjenselsgjerning c

Verb[edit]

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

(transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
- August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet
  Base and insolent minds […] outrage men when they have Hopes of doing it without a Return.
- 1725-1726, William Broome, Odyssey
  The interview […] outrages all the rules of decency.
(transitive) To inspire feelings of outrage in.
The senator's comments outraged the community.
(archaic, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape.
(obsolete, transitive) To rage in excess of.
- 1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC:
  Their will the tiger sucked, outraged the storm

Translations[edit]

to cause or commit an outrage upon

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: безчинствам (bg) (bezčinstvam)
Catalan: indignar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 激怒 (zh) (jīnù), 侵犯 (zh) (qīnfàn)
Czech: dopustit se násilí pf, dopouštět se násilí impf, znásilnit (cs) pf, zprznit (cs) pf
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
French: indigner (fr)
German: mit Füßen treten (idiom), brüskieren (de), vor den Kopf stoßen (idiom)
Greek: προσβάλλω (el) (prosvállo), καταισχύνω (kataischýno)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: meggyaláz (hu), megerőszakol (hu), megbecstelenít (hu)
Italian: oltraggiare (it)
Japanese: 激怒させる (ja) (げきどさせる, gekido saseru); 憤慨させる (ja) (ふんがいさせる, fungai saseru)
Macedonian: ра́згневи (rázgnevi), ра́збесни (rázbesni)
Romanian: ultragia (ro)
Spanish: indignar (es)
Swedish: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can