Pronunciation
Noun
outrage
- An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
- An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
- The resentful anger aroused by such acts.
- (obsolete) A destructive rampage.
- French: outrage
- German: Untat, Gräueltat
- Italian: oltraggio
- Portuguese: atrocidade
- Russian: злодея́ние
- Spanish: atrocidad
- French: offense
- German: Beleidigung, Frevel, Schandtat, Schande
- Portuguese: ultraje
- Russian: безобра́зие
- Spanish: ultraje, desafuero, atropello
- French: colère, rage
- German: Wut, Rage
- Italian: sdegno, indignazione
- Portuguese: raiva
- Russian: я́рость
- Spanish: indignación, rabia, cólera
Verb
outrage (outrages, present participle outraging; past and past participle outraged)
- (transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
- Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return.
- This interview outrages all decency.
- (archaic, transitive) To violate; to rape (a female).
- (obsolete, transitive) To rage in excess of.
- French: indigner
- Italian: oltraggiare
- Spanish: indignar
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