Definition of outrage Outrage

/awˈtɹejˌʤ/ - [awtreyj] - out•rage

We found 21 definitions of outrage from 6 different sources.

What does outrage mean?

Noun Plural: outrages
outrage - a wantonly cruel act
		atrocity, inhumanity an act of atrocious cruelty
outrage - a disgraceful event
		scandal
		trouble an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"
		skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard, skeleton the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
outrage - the act of scandalizing
		scandalization, scandalisation
		affront, insult a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
outrage - a feeling of righteous anger
		indignation
		ire, anger, choler a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

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outrage (v. t.)
To rage in excess of.
outrage (n.)
Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.
outrage (n.)
Excess; luxury.
outrage (n.)
To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.
outrage (n.)
Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).
outrage (v. t.)
To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.

outrage
owt′rāj, n. violence beyond measure: excessive abuse: wanton mischief.—v.t. to treat with excessive abuse: to injure by violence, esp. to violate, to ravish.—v.i. to be guilty of outrage.—adj. Outrā′geous, violent: furious: turbulent: atrocious: enormous, immoderate.—adv. Outrā′geously.—n. Outrā′geousness. [O. Fr. oultrage (mod. outrage)—Low L. ultragium—L. ultra, beyond.]