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1. Anger aroused by some perceived offence or injustice
   - indignation
    
2. A wantonly cruel act
    
3. A disgraceful event
   - scandal
    
4. The act of scandalizing
   - scandalization, scandalisation [Brit]

1. Strike with disgust or revulsion
   "The scandalous behaviour of this married woman outraged her friends"
   - shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise [Brit], appal [Brit, Cdn], appall [US]
    
2. Disregard the sacred character of a place or language
   "outrage a cemetery"
   - desecrate, profane, violate
    
3. Force (someone) to have sex against their will
   "The woman was outraged on her way home at night"
   - rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor [US], dishonour [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: outraged, outraging, outrages

See also: outrageous

Type of: affront, anger, assail, assault, atrocity, attack, choler, churn up, disgust, inhumanity, insult, ire, nauseate, revolt, set on, sicken, trouble

Encyclopedia: Outrage