| NOUN | feeling | outrage, indignation | a feeling of righteous anger |
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| act | outrage | a wantonly cruel act | |
| event | outrage, scandal | a disgraceful event | |
| act | outrage, scandalization, scandalisation | the act of scandalizing | |
| VERB | emotion | outrage, shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall | strike with disgust or revulsion |
| social | outrage, desecrate, profane, violate | violate the sacred character of a place or language | |
| social | outrage, rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour | force (someone) to have sex against their will |
| Sounds | aw'trey.jh | |
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| Rhymes | age ... wage: 25 rhymes with eyjh... | |
| Meaning | A feeling of righteous anger. | |
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| Synonym | indignation | |
| Narrower | dudgeon, high dudgeon | A feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase 'in high dudgeon') |
| Broader | anger, choler, ire | A strong emotion |
| Catalan | indignació | |
| Spanish | indignación | |
| Verbs | outrage | strike with disgust or revulsion |
| Meaning | A wantonly cruel act. | |
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| Broader | atrocity, inhumanity | An act of atrocious cruelty |
| Verbs | outrage | force (someone) to have sex against their will |
| Meaning | A disgraceful event. | |
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| Synonym | scandal | |
| Instances | Teapot Dome, Teapot Dome scandal | A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased / leased to a private oil company in 1921 |
| Watergate, Watergate scandal | A political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice | |
| Narrower | skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard | A scandal that is kept secret |
| Broader | trouble | An event causing distress / distress or pain |
| Catalan | escàndol | |
| Spanish | escándalo | |
| Adjectives | outrageous | grossly offensive to decency or morality |
| Verbs | outrage | strike with disgust or revulsion |
| Meaning | The act of scandalizing. | |
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| Synonyms | scandalization, scandalisation | |
| Broader | insult, affront | A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect |
| Verbs | outrage | strike with disgust or revulsion |
| Meaning | strike with disgust or revulsion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will outrage him; The performance is likely to outrage Sue | |
| Synonyms | shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall | |
| Broader | disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up | Cause aversion in |
| Catalan | escandalitzar, espantar, horroritzar, ofendre, sobresaltar, xocar | |
| Spanish | escandalizar, horrorizar, ofender | |
| Nouns | outrage | the act of scandalizing |
| outrage | a disgraceful event | |
| outrage | a feeling of righteous anger | |
| Meaning | violate the sacred character of a place or language. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | desecrate, profane, violate | |
| Broader | assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally |
| Meaning | Force (someone) to have sex against their will. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour | |
| Narrower | gang-rape | rape (someone) successively with several attackers |
| Broader | assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally |
| Spanish | violar | |
| Nouns | outrage | a wantonly cruel act |