
Xem thêm: indignation, scandal, scandalization, scandalisation, shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, desecrate, profane, violate, rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour
outrage noun
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.
n.
v.
The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
desecrate a cemetery
violate the sanctity of the church
profane the name of God
The woman was raped on her way home at night