| 单词 | outraged |
| 释义 | outraged (once / 1057 pages) adj When you're outraged, you're furious. You might be outraged over the rude treatment you get at a fancy, expensive restaurant. When something isn't fair, or offends you, it often results in your feeling outraged. You might be outraged on a friend's behalf after her brand new laptop is stolen, or feel outraged about the treatment of inmates at your state's largest prison. The adjective outraged comes from the noun outrage, with its oldest meaning of "evil deed, offense, or crime." The Latin root is ultra, or "beyond." WORD FAMILYoutrage: outraged, outrageous, outrages, outraging+/outrageous: outrageousest, outrageously, outrageousness USAGE EXAMPLESAs host of “The Daily Show,” Trevor Noah comes across as a wry, startled and sometimes outraged outsider, commenting on the absurdities of American life. New York Times(Nov 28, 2016) Papa would be outraged that neither Jaja nor I had mentioned it when he called. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) Outraged, Castro plotted for a year, then led a band of some 40 men in a foredoomed frontal attack against Santiago’s Moncada barracks. Time(Nov 26, 2016) adj angered at something unjust or wrong a look of outraged disbelief Syn incensed, indignant, umbrageous angry feeling or showing anger |
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