outragenoun
uk/ˈaʊt.reɪdʒ/us/ˈaʊt.reɪdʒ/[ U ] a feeling of anger and shock:
These murders have provoked outrage across the country.
Many politicians and members of the public expressed outrage at the verdict.
C2 [ C ] a shocking, morally unacceptable, and usually violent action:
The bomb, which killed 15 people, was the worst of a series of terrorist outrages.
[ + that ] It's an outrage (= it is shocking and morally unacceptable) that so much public money should have been wasted in this way.
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- When the truth came out, there was public outrage.
- Her speech caused outrage among the gay community.
- The conviction of the three demonstrators has caused public outrage locally.
- He let out a strangulated squeak of outrage.
- Radio talk shows have been besieged with callers expressing outrage on the subject.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side of your face idiom
- bite
- burn
- haunt
- hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
- horrify
- hurt sb's feelings idiom
- hurtful
- laugh
- mess
- nose
- shake
- tear sb apart
- tear sb's heart out idiom
- torture
- traumatize
- twist/turn the knife (in the wound) idiom
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Anger and displeasure
Violent or aggressive
Crime - general words
outrageverb [ T ]
uk/ˈaʊt.reɪdʒ/us/ˈaʊt.reɪdʒ/(especially of an unfair action or statement) to cause someone to feel very angry, shocked, or upset:
Local people were outraged at the bombing.
A proposed five percent cut in pay has outraged staff at the warehouse.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoy
- burn
- give sb the shits idiom
- go too far idiom
- goat
- grate
- hack
- hack sb off
- nose
- ruffle sb's feathers idiom
- set sb's teeth on edge idiom
- step/tread on sb's toes idiom
- stick in sb's craw idiom
- stick in sb's throat idiom
- tee
- toe
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Making people sad, shocked and upset
outraged
adjective uk/ˈaʊt.reɪdʒd/us/ˈaʊt.reɪdʒd/
feeling outrage:
Outraged viewers jumped onto social media to complain about the ending of the series.