outrage
US: /ˈaʊˌtɹeɪdʒ/
UK: /ˈaʊtɹeɪdʒ/
UK: /ˈaʊtɹeɪdʒ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
outrage /'autreidʤ/
- danh từ
- sự xúc phạm, sự làm phương hại, sự làm tổn thương (quyền lợi, tình cảm...)
- sự lăng nhục, sự sỉ nhục
- sự vi phạm trắng trợn
- an outrage upon justice: sự vi phạm công lý một cách trắng trợn
- ngoại động từ
- xúc phạm, làm phương hại, làm tổn thương
- lăng nhục, sỉ nhục
- cưỡng hiếp
- vi phạm trắng trợn
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun [U]
1 a strong feeling of shock and anger: The judge's remarks caused public outrage. + She was filled with an overwhelming sense of outrage. + Environmentalists have expressed outrage at the ruling.
2 [C] an act or event that is violent, cruel or very wrong and that shocks people or makes them very angry: No one has yet claimed responsibility for this latest bomb outrage.
+ verb [VN] [often passive] to make sb very shocked and angry: He was outraged at the way he had been treated.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 violence, atrocity, inhumanity, barbarism, enormity, evil, barbarity, savagery, brutality, malignity, malefaction, wrongdoing, evil-doing, maltreatment, abuse, cruelty, injury, harm, damage:
Wherever there is war there is misery and outrage.
2 resentment, affront, bitterness, indignation, hurt, shock, anger, wrath, ire:
The minister felt outrage at being given a parking ticket.
3 insult, indignity, slight:
Contributors to the charity considered it an outrage that the fund-raisers should keep so much of the money.
v.
4 offend, insult, affront, vex, displease, distress, nettle, chafe, infuriate, anger, enrage, madden, make one's blood boil, raise (someone's) hackles, rile:
He was outraged to discover that the wretch had proposed to his daughter.
5 violate, desecrate, defile, do violence to, injure, harm, abuse, damage:
Such deeds outrage human feelings.
6 rape, violate, ravage, ravish, deflower, attack:
He seized the unhappy girl and outraged her.
Collocation dictionary
1 great anger
ADJ.
genuine | widespread | international | public | moral
Media reports generated moral outrage.
VERB + OUTRAGE
be greeted with, cause, generate, provoke, spark
The news was greeted with outrage.
| feel | express, voice
Shopkeepers voiced their outrage at the new tax.
OUTRAGE + VERB
be directed at sb/sth
Much of the outrage was directed at foreign nationals.
PREP.
in ~
The guests all shouted in outrage.
| with ~
She was trembling with outrage.
| ~ at
Campaigners have expressed outrage at the decision.
| ~ over
There is widespread public outrage over the massacre.
PHRASES
cries/howls of outrage
The announcement provoked howls of outrage.
| a feeling/sense of outrage
2 cruel/shocking act
VERB + OUTRAGE
commit, perpetrate
the outrages committed by the invading army
PREP.
~ against
The new law on pensions is an outrage against the elderly.
Concise English dictionary
outrages|outraged|outraging'aʊtreɪdʒ
noun
+a feeling of righteous anger
+a wantonly cruel act
+a disgraceful event
+the act of scandalizing
verb
+strike with disgust or revulsion
+violate the sacred character of a place or language
+force (someone) to have sex against their will
