# outrage

Pronunciation: say "OWT-rayj" /ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/

## Noun

1. The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by offensive or shocking acts.
   - Simple: Strong angry feelings caused when something seems deeply wrong or unfair.
   - _Public outrage grew after the company dumped waste into the river._
   - _There was widespread outrage among readers when the verdict was announced._
3. An act that is offensive, immoral, or indecent.
   - Simple: An act that is very offensive, wrong, or shocking.
   - _Treating prisoners that way was condemned as a moral outrage._
   - _Publishing the stolen photos was a gross outrage against her privacy._
4. An act of extreme, savage violence; an atrocity.
   - Simple: A very cruel and violent attack that shocks people.
   - _The bombing of the crowded market was condemned worldwide as an outrage._
   - _Soldiers committed terrible outrages against the villagers during the retreat._

## Verb

2. To provoke feelings of shocked anger and resentment in someone.
   - Simple: To make someone feel very angry and shocked.
   - _The decision to cut pensions outraged thousands of workers._
   - _Cruelty like that would outrage anyone with a conscience._
5. To commit a violent or abusive act against someone or something; to treat brutally.
   - Simple: To attack or harm someone or something in a cruel and violent way.
   - _The mob outraged the sanctuary, tearing down its altars._
   - _Invaders who outrage holy places earn lasting hatred._

## Verb

6. To sexually violate a person; to rape. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To rape or sexually attack someone.
   - _The invading soldiers outraged the women of the captured town._
   - _Men who outrage the helpless were once hanged for it._
8. To exceed or surpass something in raging fury. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To go beyond something else in wild anger or violence.

## Noun

7. A spell of destructive, rampaging violence. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A wild, destructive rampage that wrecks everything in its path.

## Origin

It comes from Middle English "outrage," from Old French "outrage" or "oultrage" ("excess"), from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ("a going beyond"), which derives from Latin "ultrā" ("beyond"). It was later reanalysed as "out-" + "rage," giving the modern pronunciation, though neither part is actually etymologically related. The verb comes from Middle English "outragen," from Old French "oultragier."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/outrage (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).