outrage
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Is outrage a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A destructive rampage.Examples: "The Lords acknowledge the great and happy Providence of Almighty God, in the preventing of ſo horrid an Outrage, which might have endangered the Lives of the Chief Magiſtrates, and alſo hazarded the Spoil of the whole City of London."countableobsoleteuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.Examples: "August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet Base and insolent minds […] outrage men when they have Hopes of doing it without a Return."; "1725-1726, William Broome, Odyssey The interview […] outrages all the rules of decency."transitive
2. (transitive) To inspire feelings of outrage in.Examples: "The senator's comments outraged the community."transitive
3. (archaic, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape.archaictransitive
4. (obsolete, transitive) To rage in excess of.Examples: "Their will the tiger sucked, outraged the storm"obsoletetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary