outrage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A strong feeling of shock and anger.

   The decision caused public outrage.

2. 2
   verb

   To make someone extremely angry and shocked.

   The senator's comments outraged the community.

3. 3
   noun

   A cruel, violent, or shocking act.

   The bombing was condemned as a terrible outrage.

From Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, oultrage (“excess”), from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ("a going beyond"), derived from Latin ultrā (“beyond”). Later reanalysed as out- + rage, whence the contemporary pronunciation, though neither of these is etymologically related. The verb is from Middle English outragen, from Old French oultragier.

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