NOUN | feeling | outrage, indignation | a feeling of righteous anger |
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act | outrage | a wantonly cruel act | |
event | outrage, scandal | a disgraceful event | |
act | outrage, scandalization, scandalisation | the act of scandalizing | |
VERB | emotion | outrage, shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall | strike with disgust or revulsion |
social | outrage, desecrate, profane, violate | violate the sacred character of a place or language | |
social | outrage, rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour | force (someone) to have sex against their will |
Sounds | aw'trey.jh | |
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Rhymes | age ... wage: 25 rhymes with eyjh... |
Meaning | A feeling of righteous anger. | |
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Synonym | indignation | |
Narrower | dudgeon, high dudgeon | A feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase 'in high dudgeon') |
Broader | anger, choler, ire | A strong emotion |
Spanish | indignación | |
Catalan | indignació | |
Verbs | outrage | strike with disgust or revulsion |
Meaning | A wantonly cruel act. | |
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Broader | atrocity, inhumanity | An act of atrocious cruelty |
Spanish | atrocidad, ultraje | |
Catalan | atrocitat, ultratge | |
Verbs | outrage | force (someone) to have sex against their will |
Meaning | A disgraceful event. | |
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Synonym | scandal | |
Instances | Teapot Dome, Teapot Dome scandal | A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased / leased to a private oil company in 1921 |
Watergate, Watergate scandal | A political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice | |
Narrower | skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard | A scandal that is kept secret |
Broader | trouble | An event causing distress / distress or pain |
Spanish | escándalo | |
Catalan | escàndol | |
Adjectives | outrageous | grossly offensive to decency or morality |
Verbs | outrage | strike with disgust or revulsion |
Meaning | The act of scandalizing. | |
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Synonyms | scandalization, scandalisation | |
Broader | insult, affront | A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect |
Spanish | atrocidad, escándalo público, ultraje | |
Catalan | atrocitat, escàndol públic, ultratge | |
Verbs | outrage | strike with disgust or revulsion |
Meaning | strike with disgust or revulsion. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will outrage him; The performance is likely to outrage Sue | |
Synonyms | shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall | |
Broader | disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up | Cause aversion in |
Spanish | chocar, consternar, deshonrar, escandalizar, horrorizar, impactar, indignar, insultar, ofender | |
Catalan | escandalitzar, espantar, horroritzar, indignar, insultar, ofendre, sobresaltar, sobtar, ultratjar, xocar | |
Nouns | outrage | the act of scandalizing |
outrage | a disgraceful event | |
outrage | a feeling of righteous anger |
Meaning | violate the sacred character of a place or language. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | desecrate, profane, violate | |
Broader | assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally |
Spanish | desecrar, profanar | |
Catalan | profanar |
Meaning | Force (someone) to have sex against their will. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour | |
Narrower | gang-rape | rape (someone) successively with several attackers |
Broader | assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally |
Spanish | indignar, violar | |
Catalan | forçar, indignar, violar | |
Nouns | outrage | a wantonly cruel act |
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