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Another word for outrage

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Noun

  1. A monstrous offense or evil

      1. The quality or character of being monstrous.
      2. One that is monstrous.
      3. Something monstrous
      1. A monstrous or outrageous act; very wicked crime
      2. Enormous size or extent; vastness
      3. (Usage Problem) Great size; immensity.
      1. Atrocious behavior or condition; brutality, cruelty, etc.
      2. (Informal) A very displeasing or tasteless thing
      3. An appalling or atrocious act, situation, or object, especially an act of unusual or illegal cruelty inflicted by an armed force on civilians or prisoners.
    See also:

    right

  2. Something that offends one's sense of propriety, fairness, or justice

      1. One of the two forms of the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, distinguished from the letter shin by having a dot above the left side of the letter.
      2. A condition of estrangement from God resulting from such disobedience.
      3. A transgression of a religious or moral law, especially when deliberate.
      1. The condition of being offended, esp. of feeling hurt, resentful, or angry; umbrage
      2. A violation or infraction of a moral or social code; a transgression or sin.
      3. The act of breaking a law; sin or crime; transgression
      1. An act committed in violation of law where the consequence of conviction by a court is punishment, especially where the punishment is a serious one such as imprisonment.
      2. An act committed in violation of a law prohibiting it, or omitted in violation of a law ordering it; often, specif., such an act of a serious nature, as a felony: crimes are variously punishable by death, imprisonment, or the imposition of certain fines or restrictions: the range of crime includes felonies and misdemeanors, but not petty violations of local ordinances
      3. An offense against morality; sin
    See also:

    right

  3. An act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity

      1. A deliberate discourtesy; a snub:
      2. The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
      3. A slighting or being slighted by pointedly indifferent, disrespectful, or supercilious treatment
      1. The condition of being offended, esp. of feeling hurt, resentful, or angry; umbrage
      2. The team in possession of the ball or puck, or those players whose primary duty is to attempt to score.
      3. (Sports) The means or tactics used in attempting to score.
      1. An insulting act, remark, etc.; affront; indignity
      2. Something that causes injury, irritation, or trauma.
      3. (Med.) Damage or injury to tissues or organs of the body
      1. Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
      2. (Obsolete) Lack of dignity or honor.
      3. A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront.
      1. (Archaic) Contempt; scorn
      2. A contemptuous act; insult; injury
      3. Spite; malice:
      1. An insolent or arrogant remark or act.
      2. Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence.
      3. Haughty and contemptuous rudeness; insulting and humiliating treatment or language
      1. An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult:
      2. (Obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
      3. An open or intentional insult; slight to one's dignity
    Idioms:
    See also:

    attack

Verb

  1. To cause resentment or hurt by callous, rude behavior

      1. To provoke; arouse:
      2. To arouse resentment in, as by slighting; ruffle the pride of
      3. To cause to feel resentment or indignation.
      1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in:
      2. To create resentment, anger, or displeasure; give offense
      3. To hurt the feelings of; cause to feel resentful, angry, or displeased; insult
      1. (Usually used in the passive) to offend slightly
      2. To offend or take offense; put or be put out of humor
      3. To cause to become offended or annoyed.
      1. (Obsolete) To make an attack on.
      2. To treat or speak to with scorn, insolence, or great disrespect; subject to treatment, a remark, etc. that hurts or is meant to hurt the feelings or pride
      3. To affront or demean:
      1. To become angry; take offense
      2. (Slang) To inhale something for the intoxicating or euphoric affects
      3. (Slang) To inhale the fumes of (a volatile chemical, for example) as a means of becoming intoxicated.
      1. (Archaic) To come before; meet; face
      2. To meet defiantly; confront:
      3. To insult openly or purposely; offend; slight
    Idioms:
    See also:

    pain

    attack

  2. To do a wrong to; treat unjustly

      1. To treat (someone) unjustly or injuriously.
      2. In a wrong course or direction:
      3. In a wrong manner; mistakenly or erroneously:
      1. To annoy persistently; bother:
      2. To afflict or harass constantly so as to injure or distress; oppress cruelly, esp. for reasons of religion, politics, or race
      3. To trouble or annoy constantly
      1. To keep down by the cruel or unjust use of power or authority; rule harshly; tyrannize over
      2. To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority:
      3. To cause to feel worried or depressed:
      1. To inflict an injury or injuries on.
      2. To cause grief or injury to; offend
      3. To injure in one's legal rights
    See also:

    right

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Another word for outrage

Noun
      1. An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult:
      2. An open or intentional insult; slight to one's dignity
      3. (Obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
      1. Improper or excessive use; misuse:
      2. Physical maltreatment or violence:
      3. Sexual abuse.
      1. (Obsolete) Lack of dignity or honor.
      2. A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront.
      3. Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
    See also:

    insult

Verb
      1. To meet defiantly; confront:
      2. (--- Obsolete) To meet or encounter (another) face to face.
      3. (Archaic) To come before; meet; face
      1. To treat (someone) unjustly or injuriously.
      2. In a wrong course or direction:
      3. In a wrong manner; mistakenly or erroneously:
      1. To be displeasing to (the taste, sense, etc.)
      2. To create resentment, anger, or displeasure; give offense
      3. To hurt the feelings of; cause to feel resentful, angry, or displeased; insult
    See also:

    offend

    offend

    insult

    abuse

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Sentence Examples

  • Only when alone together were they free from such outrage and pain.

  • His reign was characterized by bloodshed and violence; the outrage of his son Sextus upon Lucretia precipitated a revolt, which led to the expulsion of the entire family.

  • To them persecution was an outrage upon Jesus's teachings.

  • The execution of the patriarch Gregorios, as technically responsible for the revolt, was an outrage to all Christendom; and it led at once to a breach of diplomatic relations with Russia.

  • Of the moderation of the latter, and their abstinence from all outrage or plunder, he speaks highly.

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