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English noun: outrage | |||
| 1. | outrage (feeling) a feeling of righteous anger | ||
| Synonyms | indignation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anger, choler, ire | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dudgeon, high dudgeon | ||
| 2. | outrage (act) a wantonly cruel act | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | atrocity, inhumanity | ||
| 3. | outrage (event) a disgraceful event | ||
| Synonyms | scandal | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | trouble | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard | ||
| Instance hyponym | Teapot Dome, Teapot Dome scandal, Watergate, Watergate scandal | ||
| 4. | outrage (act) the act of scandalizing | ||
| Synonyms | scandalisation, scandalization | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affront, insult | ||
English verb: outrage | |||
| 1. | outrage (emotion) strike with disgust or revulsion | ||
| Samples | The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends. | ||
| Examples | The bad news will outrage him, The performance is likely to outrage Sue | ||
| Synonyms | appal, appall, offend, scandalise, scandalize, shock | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | churn up, disgust, nauseate, revolt, sicken | ||
| 2. | outrage (social) violate the sacred character of a place or language | ||
| Samples | Desecrate a cemetery. Violate the sanctity of the church. Profane the name of God. | ||
| Synonyms | desecrate, profane, violate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assail, assault, attack, set on | ||
| 3. | outrage (social) force (someone) to have sex against their will | ||
| Samples | The woman was raped on her way home at night. | ||
| Synonyms | assault, dishonor, dishonour, rape, ravish, violate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assail, assault, attack, set on | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gang-rape | ||
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