outraged
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- 1Simple past and past participle of outrage.
The verdict outraged citizens across the entire country.
Critics were outraged by the sudden increase in fees.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: the past tense (the silence outraged the prosecutor) and the participle (critics were outraged by the fees). After be it shades into an adjective and can be graded: more outraged, most outraged. Older prose can mean something harsher. The verb once meant to treat with violence or, archaically, to sexually violate, so an outraged woman in older writing may be a victim rather than an angry one.
outraged is a form of outrage
outrage, verb: To provoke feelings of shocked anger and resentment in someone. Full entry
- Spelling
- outrage → outraged: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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