Crossword clues for outrage
outrage
- Not in time to protect king from violent injury
- Not in fashion? It’s a scandal!
- Fury as power cut overwhelms Reading, for one
- Profound indignation not in fashion
- Power cut around middle of afternoon creates fury
- Indignation that’s not in fashion?
- Incense and silver in fantastic setting
- To argue falsely is a scandal
- Unstylish fashion shock
- Mad-at-the-world feeling
- Disgraceful event
- Deep indignation
- Widespread anger
- Serious injustice
- Not mere anger
- Disruption (or ... fed-up-and-not-gonna-take-it-anymore feeling)
- Deplorable insult
- Delight's opposite
- Apalled reaction
- Scandal reaction
- More than miff
- Storm producer?
- Major injustice
- Red state
- A feeling of righteous anger
- A wantonly cruel act
- A disgraceful event
- The act of scandalizing
- Offend
- Rank abuse
- Act of wanton cruelty
- Insult
- Not just anger
- Indignity
- Act of wanton violence
- Great indignation
- Olympian formerly taken by the ultimate in combat sport
- Wrath of king during spell without power
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outrage \Out"rage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outragen; p. pr. & vb. n. Outraging.] [F. outrager. See Outrage, n.]
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To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.
Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return.
--Atterbury.This interview outrages all decency.
--Broome. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).
To cause to become very angry; as, the burning of the flag outraged the small conservative town.
Outrage \Out"rage\, v. i. To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.
Outrage \Out*rage"\, v. t. [Out + rage.]
To rage in excess of. [R.]
--Young.
Outrage \Out"rage\, n. [F. outrage; OF. outre, oltre, beyond (F. outre, L. ultra) + -age, as, in courage, voyage. See Ulterior.]
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Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.
--Chaucer.He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country.
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Excess; luxury. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.Syn: Affront; insult; abuse. See Affront.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.
c.1300, "to go to excess, act immoderately," from outrage (n.). From 1580s with meaning "do violence to." Related: Outraged; outraging.
Wiktionary
n. An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse. 2 (context archaic transitive English) To violate; to rape (a female). 3 (context obsolete transitive English) To rage in excess of.
WordNet
n. a feeling of righteous anger [syn: indignation]
a wantonly cruel act
a disgraceful event [syn: scandal]
the act of scandalizing [syn: scandalization, scandalisation]
v. strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall]
violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" [syn: desecrate, profane, violate]
force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" [syn: rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour]
Wikipedia
Outrage may refer to:
- Outrage (emotion), an emotion
- Outrage! (game), a board game
- OutRage!, a UK LGB-rights direct-action group
- Tort of outrage, in law, an alternative term for intentional infliction of emotional distress
- Outrage Entertainment, a video game developer
Outrage is a 1950 black-and-white B-movie starring Mala Powers. It was directed by Ida Lupino. Lupino also wrote the film, along with the producers Malvin Wald and her then-husband Collier Young.
Outrage was both controversial and remarkable for being only the second post- Production Code Hollywood film to deal with the issue of rape—after Johnny Belinda (1948), which earned the actress who portrayed the victim, Jane Wyman, the Best Actress Academy Award.
Outrage is a Japanese thrash metal band, formed in Nagoya in 1982. The band was named after Motörhead's song "Sex & Outrage" from Iron Fist.
Outrage is a 2009 American documentary film written and directed by Kirby Dick. The film presents a narrative discussing the hypocrisy of people purported in the documentary to be closeted gay or bisexual politicians who promote anti-gay legislation. It premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival before being released theatrically on May 8, 2009. It was nominated for a 2010 Emmy Award, and won Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival's jury award for best documentary.
is a 2010 Japanese yakuza film directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. It is followed by a 2012 sequel, Beyond Outrage.
Outrage is an American television film that aired on ABC on Sunday January 4, 1998.
Outrage is a strong emotion characterized by reaction of shock, anger and indignation to a grave personal offense. It comes from old French and meant "beyond rage". The offense violates acceptable standards of behavior and the anger is directed at the person(s) who committed the act.
Moral outrage is concerned with maintaining and enforcing moral or societal norms or social hierarchy. Moral outrage is differentiated from a personal offense in that it is triggered by observation of injustice, perceived violations of deeply held beliefs around taboos, privileges or norms by a third party to which the observer may have no immediate relationship. Emotions experienced are usually anger and disgust in combination.
Outrage is a 1973 made-for-television film that aired on the American Broadcasting Company's (ABC) popular Movie of the Week franchise. The movie, which originally aired on November 28, 1973, tells the story of a suburban neighborhood and family that is repeatedly terrorized by a group of privileged young men from neighboring families. The film is set in an idealized rural suburban community.
The film stars Robert Culp, Marlyn Mason and Beah Richards, and featured Nicholas Hammond, James Sikking and Thomas Leopold. The film was directed Richard T. Heffron, and written by writer William Wood.
The film was originally titled One Angry Man. Turner Classic Movies lists the title of the film as "Outrage!" with the addition of the exclamation point. The movie would later inspire a 1998 TV film remake of the same name with Rob Lowe and Jennifer Grey.
Usage examples of "outrage".
Though the level of this outrage tends to mirror party affiliation, it is safe to say that the degree of confusion over what actually happened is not limited to one party.
They went to their regular meals in the English ship, and pretty soon they were nibbling again--nibbling, appetiteless, disgusted with the food, moody, miserable, half hungry, their outraged stomachs cursing and swearing and whining and supplicating all day long.
Ireland in respect to crime and outrage, more especially when the exercise of that right by the house of lords does not interfere with any previous proceeding or resolution of the house of commons, nor with the progress of any legislative measure assented to by the house of commons, or at present under its consideration.
Then Andromeda, in a perfect tempest of outrage, fishfed the entire contents of the chest: shore me of my valiant past as a steering drover ballocks a bull.
The actinic flare of outraged nerves reamed her through, then became stripped of meaning by the bared lash of her will.
Heron was still waiting at the door, even whilst de Batz wondered what this nocturnal visitation would reveal to him of atrocity and of outrage.
Custer turned to see a man dressed in a tuxedo, his black tie askew, brilliantined hair hanging across his outraged face.
The whole House howled its outrage, Clodius and Milo loudest of all, but Bursa could not be prevailed upon to withdraw his veto.
But nothing could check their fury: with loud cries and flashing weapons they fell upon the enemy, who burthened by their prey, and wearied by their very outrages, could ill resist men fighting to avenge their desolated hearths.
Kent said, as a particularly outraged expletive echoed along the hall.
The price of provisions, and bread in particular, being raised to an exorbitant rate in consequence of an absurd exportation of corn, for the sake of the bounty, a formidable body of colliers, and other labouring people, raised an insurrection at Bristol, began to plunder the corn vessels in the harbour, and commit such outrages in the city, that the magistrates were obliged to have recourse to military power.
Just then Miss Matty, who had been out all the morning, and had only lately returned to the house, burst in with a face of dismay and outraged propriety.
In this current hothouse atmosphere of numerous males after a bitch in heat, his feelings had altered to moody outrage as he contemplated the only possible assessment of this miscellanea, consisting of one woman, many men, an absent or complaisant husband, and flirtation.
The diggers were inflamed now, outraged that Li El might have escaped and might have hurt their leader Mors, too.
The sorcerous Schools, like all the Great Factions, ceaselessly skirmished with spies, assassinations, trade sanctions, and delegations of outraged envoys.