[
UK
/ˈaʊtɹeɪdʒ/
]
[ US /ˈaʊˌtɹeɪdʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈaʊˌtɹeɪdʒ/ ]
VERB
-
violate the sacred character of a place or language
violate the sanctity of the church
desecrate a cemetery
profane the name of God -
strike with disgust or revulsion
The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends -
force (someone) to have sex against their will
The woman was raped on her way home at night
NOUN
- a disgraceful event
- a wantonly cruel act
- the act of scandalizing
- a feeling of righteous anger
How To Use outrage In A Sentence
- If she levels a levelheaded, legitimate accusation, delegitimize it by feigning astonishment and outrage.
- Outrages like the Thomas case make it a good deal more difficult for enlightened penal reformers like the Professor to get a fair hearing when they advocate bringing back the lash.
- A terrible outrage was committed here last night. Times, Sunday Times
- But there was understandable outrage when sundry fund managers and regional stockbrokers were confronted with the hat. Times, Sunday Times
- Sights like this, a whale beached off Cairns, found with six square metres of plastic in its body cavity, have caused outrage at the killing capacity of the plastic bag.
- When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.
- Again, he pours scorn on racialist mythology but, in his steadfastly conservative way, refuses to become histrionically sanctimonious on the matter, preferring studied contempt to self-promoting outrage.
- His last book was called, "The Death of Outrage."
- I was elated and horrified by the sheer outrageousness of the problem we had set before them.
- Tories voiced outrage that Government figures had been talking about joining the euro. The Sun