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# outrage

noun (outrage, outrages); verb (outrage, outrages, outraged, outraging)

«outrage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. noun: A very strong feeling of anger and shock because something seems deeply unfair or wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/#m1)
2. noun: An act that is so cruel, wrong or shocking that it makes people very angry: "The attack was an outrage." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/#m2)
3. verb: To make people feel very angry and shocked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/#m3)

### In the lessons

In the news "outrage" shows that many people are angry about something, such as an unfair rule or a cruel act. In stories it shows a character's strong anger at injustice. In everyday talk someone may say "It's an outrage!" a bit jokingly about small things. Phrases: public outrage, in outrage, cause outrage, express outrage, be outraged by.

### Examples

- There was outrage when the council closed the library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/#x1)
- "It's an outrage!" shouted Dad when the price of crisps went up again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/#x2)
- The fans were outraged by the referee's decision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/#x3)
- Burning the forest was an outrage against nature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/#x4)
- People wrote letters to show their outrage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/#x5)
- She gasped in outrage when her brother ate her birthday cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/#x6)
- The cruel treatment of the animals outraged the whole village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/#x7)
- Katoma submitted patiently to the outrage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/#x8)

### Note

Noun "outrage" is usually uncountable for the feeling (much outrage) but countable for a single act (an outrage, outrages). Adjective: outrageous (very shocking, or very silly: an outrageous hat). It is not "out" + "rage" in meaning "rage outside"; it comes from old French and means "going beyond the limit".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «outrage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«outrage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/outrage.html) on Mova free.