out•rage(out′rāj),USA pronunciationn., v.,-raged, -rag•ing. n.
an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
anything that strongly offends, insults, or affronts the feelings.
a powerful feeling of resentment or anger aroused by something perceived as an injury, insult, or injustice:Outrage seized the entire nation at the news of the attempted assassination.
v.t.
to subject to grievous violence or indignity.
to anger or offend; make resentful; shock:I am outraged by his whole attitude.
to offend against (right, decency, feelings, etc.) grossly or shamelessly:Such conduct outrages our normal sense of decency.
to rape.
Latin ultrā) + -age -age
Old French outrage, ultrage, equivalent. to outr(er) to push beyond bounds (derivative of outre beyond