outrage
Etymology

From Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, oultrage ("excess"), from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ("a going beyond"), derived from Latin ultrā.

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/
  • (obsolete) IPA: /ˈaʊt.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
Noun

outrage

  1. 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. […]
  2. An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
  3. The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
  4. (obsolete) A destructive rampage.
Translations Translations Translations Verb

outrage (outrages, present participle outraging; simple past and past participle outraged)

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive) To inspire feelings of outrage in.
    The senator's comments outraged the community.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape.
  4. (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
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