Antonyms for outrage
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : out-reyj |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊt reɪdʒ |
Definition of outrage
Origin :- c.1300, "evil deed, offense, crime; affront, indignity," from Old French outrage "harm, damage; insult; criminal behavior; presumption, insolence, overweening" (12c.), earlier oltrage (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *ultraticum "excess," from Latin ultra "beyond" (see ultra-). Etymologically, "the passing beyond reasonable bounds" in any sense; meaning narrowed in English toward violent excesses because of folk etymology from out + rage. Of injuries to feelings, principles, etc., from 1769.
- noun atrocity, evil
- noun anger
- verb wrong, offend, abuse
- As Lizzie put it, Sarah's appearance was an outrage on her contemporaries.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- Burke was fairly gasping over this outrage against his authority.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Take them off instantly, and tell me what you mean by this outrage.
- Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase
- The outrage on the Warden was not so grotesque, but the effect was the same.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- "It would have been an outrage, sir, if he had won it," broke in a stranger.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- The inference is that he was imported from abroad for the purpose of committing this outrage.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- But Walter's expression was that of a person upon whom an outrage has just been perpetrated.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- But he had gone from extravagance to extravagance, from outrage to outrage.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- He lacked words to express his sense of so gross an outrage.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, Issue 10, Saturday, June 4, 1870 » by Various
- There was another boom in recruiting just then, following on another German outrage.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
Synonyms for outrage
- abuse
- affront
- aggrieve
- barbarism
- blowup
- boil over
- burn up
- damage
- defile
- deflower
- desecrate
- desecration
- do violence to
- enormity
- evildoing
- fire up
- flare-up
- force
- fury
- harm
- huff
- hurt
- ill-treat
- incense
- indignation
- indignity
- infuriate
- inhumanity
- injure
- injury
- insult
- jar
- kick up a row
- madden
- make hit the ceiling
- maltreat
- mischief
- misdoing
- mistreat
- misuse
- offense
- oppress
- persecute
- profanation
- raise Cain
- rape
- rapine
- ravage
- ravish
- ravishing
- reach boiling point
- resentment
- ruckus
- ruin
- scandalize
- shock
- spoil
- stew
- storm
- violate
- violation
- violence
- whip up
- wrath
- wrongdoing
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