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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
outrage \out"rage\, v. t. imp.  p. p. outragen; p. pr.  vb.
   n. outraging. f. outrager. see outrage, n.
   1913 webster
   1. to commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat
      with violence or excessive abuse.
      1913 webster

            base and insolent minds outrage men when they have
            hope of doing it without a return.    --atterbury.
      1913 webster

            this interview outrages all decency.  --broome.
      1913 webster

   2. specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault
      upon a female.
      1913 webster

   3. to cause to become very angry; as, the burning of the flag
      outraged the small conservative town.
      pjc
see also:
outragen outraging outrage 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
outrage \outrage"\, v. t. out + rage.
   to rage in excess of. r. --young.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
outrage \out"rage\, n. f. outrage; of. outre, oltre, beyond f.
   outre, l. ultra + -age, as, in courage, voyage. see
   ulterior.
   1. injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or
      things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive
      abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            he wrought great outrages, wasting all the country.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. excess; luxury. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   syn: affront; insult; abuse. see affront.
        1913 webster
see also:
ulterior affront 
[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
outrage \out"rage\, v. i.
   to be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
outrage
     n 1: a feeling of righteous anger syn: indignation
     2: a wantonly cruel act
     3: a disgraceful event syn: scandal
     4: the act of scandalizing syn: scandalization, scandalisation
     v 1: strike with disgust or revulsion; "the scandalous behavior
          of this married woman shocked her friends" syn: shock,
           offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall
     2: 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
     3: 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
see also:
indignation scandal scandalization scandalisation shock offend 
scandalize scandalise appal appall desecrate 
profane violate rape ravish assault 
dishonor dishonour 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
227 moby thesaurus words for "outrage":
   abomination, abuse, afflict, affront, aggrieve, anger, aspersion,
   atrocity, attack, bad, bane, barbarism, barbarity, batter, befoul,
   befoulment, bewitch, bitterness, blight, breach, brickbat, bruise,
   brutality, buffet, call names, chafe, condemn, contempt, contumely,
   corrupt, corruption, crime, crime against humanity, crucify,
   cruelty, crying evil, curse, cut, damage, deadly sin, defile,
   defilement, deflorate, deflower, delinquency, deprave, dereliction,
   desecrate, despite, despoil, despoliation, destroy, destruction,
   detriment, disadvantage, dishonor, disoblige, displease, disserve,
   disservice, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill,
   do violence to, do wrong, do wrong by, do wrong to, doom, dump,
   dump on, enormity, enrage, envenom, error, evil, failure, fault,
   felony, fleer at, flout, flouting, force, genocide,
   get into trouble, gibe, gibe at, give offense, give offense to,
   give umbrage, great wrong, grievance, grieve, gross injustice,
   guilty act, harass, harm, havoc, heavy sin, hex, humiliate,
   humiliation, hurl a brickbat, hurt, hurt the feelings, ill,
   ill-treat, ill-treatment, ill-usage, ill-use, impair, imposition,
   impropriety, indignation, indignity, indiscretion, inexpiable sin,
   infect, infection, infuriate, inhumanity, iniquity, injure, injury,
   injustice, insult, ire, jeer, jeer at, jeering, jibe at, jinx,
   knock about, lapse, madden, malefaction, malfeasance, malignity,
   maltreat, maltreatment, malum, manhandle, maul, menace,
   minor wrong, miscarriage of justice, mischief, misdeed,
   misdemeanor, misfeasance, mishandle, mistreat, mistreatment, mock,
   mockery, molest, molestation, mortal sin, nettle, nonfeasance,
   offend, offense, omission, oppress, peccadillo, peccancy,
   persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute,
   pollution, prejudice, prosecute, put down, put-down, rape, ravage,
   ravish, raw deal, resentment, rile, rough, rough up, run, savage,
   savagery, scathe, scoff, scoff at, scurrility, shock, sin,
   sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, slight, slip,
   spoil, sting, taint, taunt, the worst, threaten, torment, tort,
   torture, toxin, transgression, treat with indignity, trespass,
   trip, uncomplimentary remark, unutterable sin, venial sin, venom,
   vex, vexation, violate, violation, violence, woe, wound, wrath,
   wreak havoc on, wrong, wrongdoing




[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
outrage. a grave injury; a serious wrong. this is a generic word which is 
applied to everything, which is injurious, in great degree, to the honor or 
rights of another. 




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