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😠 Strong anger 😡 To anger deeply 🚨 A cruel act 🪦 To violate sacred
to outrage

to outrage

2 7.9
Treat a holy place or object with disrespect
  • verb
  • /ˈaʊtˌreɪdʒ/
  • Formal
translation icon : profanar
  • One article is about a man who was tried on five counts of outraging public decency in Hereford.

Trousers brought over by Mrs Bloomer of the United States, outraging public decency.

Examples

  • How better to demonstrate his willingness to "reach across the aisle" than to endorse the most awful sort of legislation that would satisfy people in the other party and outrage his fellow partisans?

    Blog text (19)

  • One was the "Lena events of 1912." Lenin is referring to a massacre of workers in the Lena gold fields in Irkutsk by Tsarist troops, which outraged Russian public opinion.

    Blog text (22)

  • For such conduct could outrage the people enough to encourage their revolt.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Perhaps it's just a hot topic in the media and currently the topic of discussion for a few churches that have managed to outrage several people enough to make it to the media.

    Blog text (8)

  • The experiment, which is in violation of two United Nations moratoria, has outraged environmental, legal, and civic groups.

    Blog text (30)

  • For they brought the books of Moses and the prophets along with them into the synagogue, not to honor them but to outrage them with dishonor.

    Blog text (28)

  • The outraged katsina takes revenge by inflicting the Sunset Crater eruption, drought, and famine on the village.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The decision to build the monument on sacred land outraged the local community.

  • His remarks about the revered tradition outraged those who hold it dear.

  • The artist's portrayal of the religious figure outraged many viewers who found it disrespectful.

Synonyms

to violate
vsto outrage
67 4.9

Treat a place, object, or tradition in a way that shows no respect

is limited to acts against things regarded as sacred only
to desecrate
vsto outrage
44 8.1

To damage or show disrespect to a holy place, for example a grave

has the same meaning as this description
to profane
vsto outrage
4 7.2

To treat a holy place or thing with disrespect

focuses more on physically harming sacred items rather than tone
to defile sacred ground
vsto outrage
9.9

Treat a holy place like a temple with disrespect by damaging or polluting it

covers harm to any sacred thing, not only holy places

Antonyms

to respect
∞ 1.0

To admire someone for their actions or qualities

Phrasal Verbs

to spark outrage
4 5.8

Make many people very angry

How Offensive

to blaspheme
  • Offensive
5 9.6
to desecrate
44 8.1
to outrage
  • Formal
2 7.9
to offend
524 2.8
to disrespect
115 3.5

Surface Forms

outrage infinitive
outraged past
outraged past participle
outraging present participle
outrages third person singular

Etymology

Outrage comes from old French outre and Latin ultra, which mean 'beyond'. So to outrage a grave or a temple is to go 'beyond' the limits of respect and violently violate something sacred.