What does outrage mean?

outrage means "a feeling of righteous anger". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in outrage?

outrage has 2 syllables: ou-trage. The stress falls on "ou". In IPA it is /ˈaʊˌtɹeɪdʒ/.

What is another word for outrage?

Close synonyms include indignation, scandal, scandalization, scandalisation, shock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is outrage a common word?

outrage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

outrage — meaning, pronunciation and 7 definitions

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a feeling of righteous anger
Synonymsindignation
Broaderanger
Narrowerdudgeon
2.
a wantonly cruel act
Broaderatrocity
3.
a disgraceful event
Synonymsscandal
Broadertrouble
Narrowerskeleton Teapot Dome Watergate
4.
the act of scandalizing
Synonymsscandalization scandalisation
Broaderinsult

verb

3 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
strike with disgust or revulsion
“The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends”
Synonymsshock offend scandalize scandalise appal appall
Broaderdisgust
2.
violate the sacred character of a place or language
“desecrate a cemetery”
“violate the sanctity of the church”
“profane the name of God”
Synonymsdesecrate profane violate
Broaderassail
3.
force (someone) to have sex against their will
“The woman was raped on her way home at night”
Synonymsrape ravish violate assault dishonor dishonour
Broaderassail
Narrowergang-rape

Other forms of outrage

plural: outrages·
past tense: outraged·
present participle: outraging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about outrage

What does outrage mean?: outrage means "a feeling of righteous anger". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in outrage?: outrage has 2 syllables: ou-trage. The stress falls on "ou". In IPA it is /ˈaʊˌtɹeɪdʒ/.
What is another word for outrage?: Close synonyms include indignation, scandal, scandalization, scandalisation, shock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is outrage a common word?: outrage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for outrage come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a feeling of righteous anger
Synonymsindignation
Broaderanger
Narrowerdudgeon
2.
a wantonly cruel act
Broaderatrocity
3.
a disgraceful event
Synonymsscandal
Broadertrouble
Narrowerskeleton Teapot Dome Watergate
4.
the act of scandalizing
Synonymsscandalization scandalisation
Broaderinsult

verb

3 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
strike with disgust or revulsion
“The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends”
Synonymsshock offend scandalize scandalise appal appall
Broaderdisgust
2.
violate the sacred character of a place or language
“desecrate a cemetery”
“violate the sanctity of the church”
“profane the name of God”
Synonymsdesecrate profane violate
Broaderassail
3.
force (someone) to have sex against their will
“The woman was raped on her way home at night”
Synonymsrape ravish violate assault dishonor dishonour
Broaderassail
Narrowergang-rape

Other forms of outrage

plural: outrages·
past tense: outraged·
present participle: outraging·

Questions about outrage

What does outrage mean?: outrage means "a feeling of righteous anger". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in outrage?: outrage has 2 syllables: ou-trage. The stress falls on "ou". In IPA it is /ˈaʊˌtɹeɪdʒ/.
What is another word for outrage?: Close synonyms include indignation, scandal, scandalization, scandalisation, shock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is outrage a common word?: outrage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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