outrage

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈaʊt.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ Hyphenation: out‧rage === Noun === outrage (countable and uncountable, plural outrages) An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity. Synonyms: depravity, wrong; see also Thesaurus:atrocity An offensive, immoral or indecent act. (uncountable) The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts. (obsolete) A destructive rampage. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === outrage (third-person singular simple present outrages, present participle outraging, simple past and past participle outraged) (transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse. 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) To inspire feelings of outrage in. (archaic, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape. (obsolete, transitive) To rage in excess of. ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === === References === === Further reading === “outrage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “outrage”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /u.tʁaʒ/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French oltrage. ==== Noun ==== outrage m (plural outrages) offence, insult, contempt Synonym: offense (literary) onslaught (law) contempt (e.g. of court) ===== Derived terms ===== outrager outrageux outrage au tribunal ===== Descendants ===== → Romanian: ultraj (calque) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== outrage inflection of outrager: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “outrage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012