Definition of "outrage" in Englisch

noun

1. An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.

2. An offensive, immoral or indecent act.

3. (uncountable) The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.

4. (obsolete) A destructive rampage.

verb

1. (transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.

   • August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet Base and insolent minds […] outrage men when they have Hopes of doing it without a Return.
   • 1725-1726, William Broome, Odyssey The interview […] outrages all the rules of decency.

2. (transitive) To inspire feelings of outrage in.

   • The senator's comments outraged the community.

3. (archaic, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape.

4. (obsolete, transitive) To rage in excess of.