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单词 outrage
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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.

More examples

  • 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.
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