Definition of outrage
Nouns
a feeling of righteous anger
- Synonyms:
- indignation
- Types:
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dudgeon, high dudgeon
a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')
a wantonly cruel act
- Type of:
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atrocity, inhumanity
an act of atrocious cruelty
a disgraceful event
- Synonyms:
- scandal
- Examples:
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Teapot Dome scandal
a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
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Watergate scandal
a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974
- Types:
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skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard
a scandal that is kept secret
- Type of:
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trouble
an event causing distress or pain
the act of scandalizing
- Synonyms:
- scandalisation, scandalization
Verbs
strike with disgust or revulsion
- Synonyms:
- appal, appall, offend, scandalise, scandalize, shock
violate the sacred character of a place or language
Vocabulary Lists for outrage
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Intro + Chapters 1-7 »(650 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
- embroider
- imbue
- ignominy
- decapitate
- scaffold
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun »(384 words)
- sand dollar
- petty bourgeoisie
- petit bourgeois
- peckerwood
- Yoruba
- archive
- archives
- bizarre
- brusque
- category