Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun outrage

4 senses of outrage

Sense 1
indignation, outrage -- (a feeling of righteous anger)
       => anger, choler, ire -- (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)

Sense 2
outrage -- (a wantonly cruel act)
       => atrocity, inhumanity -- (an act of atrocious cruelty)

Sense 3
scandal, outrage -- (a disgraceful event)
       => trouble -- (an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble")

Sense 4
scandalization, scandalisation, outrage -- (the act of scandalizing)
       => insult, affront -- (a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb outrage

3 senses of outrage

Sense 1
shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage -- (strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends")
       => disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up -- (cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us")

Sense 2
desecrate, profane, outrage, violate -- (violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God")
       => assail, assault, set on, attack -- (attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly")

Sense 3
rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage -- (force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night")
       => assail, assault, set on, attack -- (attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly")

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