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outrage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | scandalisation, scandalization |
| Type of | insult, affront |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | scandal |
| Type of | trouble |
| Has types | skeleton in the closet, skeleton, skeleton in the cupboard |
| Derivation | outrageous |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | indignation |
| Type of | choler, ire, anger |
| Has types | high dudgeon, dudgeon |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | inhumanity, atrocity |
Examples of outrage
outrage
There's outrage among some African-Americans, he said, that he's being released.
From the edition.cnn.com
The dead lie abruptly motionless wherever the latest outrage has deposited them.
From the time.com
This has sparked a great deal of outrage across the country, and justifiably so.
From the forbes.com
The footage stirs outrage among critics who mistake the trophy for the original.
From the telegraph.co.uk
There was outrage over the treatment of Milly's parents at the Old Bailey trial.
From the dailymail.co.uk
His party has practiced the politics of outrage when Republicans have misspoken.
From the washingtontimes.com
There was so much outrage about ridiculous rules that some perspective was lost.
From the chron.com
Shop, shop, shop For some people, the $9 aspirin at the hospital causes outrage.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Government media, meanwhile, shrieked with outrage about his meeting with Obama.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Indignation: a feeling of righteous anger
- Shock: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
- A wantonly cruel act
- Desecrate: violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
- Rape: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
- Scandal: a disgraceful event
- Scandalization: the act of scandalizing
- (outraged) indignant: angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"
- (outrageous) hideous: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
