Complete Definition of "outrage"

English

Etymology
Via French from Late Latin ultraticum = "a going beyond", and not from out and rage.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�a�treɪʤ/
SAMPA|/"aUtreIdZ/

Noun
en-noun

  1. an extremely violent or vicious attack; an atrocity
  2. an offensive, immoral or indecent act
  3. the resentful anger caused by such acts
  4. (Obsolete usage) destructive rampage as e.g. "by the outrage and fury of the river w:Effra|Effra" in an old description of flood damage.

Translations
trans-top|atrocity
Dutch: wandaad f
French: outrage m
Italian: oltraggio m
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trans-top|offensive, immoral or indecent act
Dutch: wandaad f
Portuguese: ultraje m
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Russian: ак� п�оизвола
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trans-top|anger
Dutch: woede f and m, razernij f
Italian: sdegno m
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ttbc|Arabic: غضب
ttbc|Chinese: ��, ��
ttbc|German: Verbrechen n, Frevel m
ttbc|Japanese: ��
ttbc|Korean: 침� (chimbeom)
ttbc|Norwegian: skjenselsgjerning c
ttbc|Spanish: ultraje m, atrocidad m

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb|outrag|es

  1. to commit an outrage
  2. to cause resentment by such an act

Translations
trans-top|cause resentment
Italian: oltraggiare
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