outrage

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
2. (countable, uncountable) An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
3. (countable, uncountable) The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A destructive rampage.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
2. (transitive) To inspire feelings of outrage in.
3. (archaic, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To rage in excess of.

Synonyms

violence

assault

insult

anger

💢

violate

offend

atrocity

scandal

indignation

affront

violation

attack

👊

appall

ravish

shock

⚡

rage

😡

dishonour

offense

disgrace

scandalize

villainy

rape

crime

force

enrage

excess

fury

vex

appal

offence

oppression

dishonor

wrath

abuse

tyranny

tumult

upset

confusion

brutality

riot

scandalise

disturb

mischief

madden

disorder

break

infringe

dismay

horrify

desecration

Translations

oltraggio

outrage

ultraje

ultratge

atrocitat

indignazione

προσβάλλω

wandaad

sdegno

προσβολή

violer

outrager

Gewalttat

scandale

oltraggiare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: outrage

Inherited from Middle English: outragen

In summary

From Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, oultrage (“excess”), from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ("a going beyond"), derived from Latin ultrā (“beyond”). Later reanalysed as out- + rage, whence the contemporary pronunciation, though neither of these is etymologically related.
The verb is from Middle English outragen, from Old French oultragier.