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Meaning of outrage

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  outrage
      n 1: a feeling of righteous anger [syn: {indignation},
           {outrage}]
      2: a wantonly cruel act
      3: a disgraceful event [syn: {scandal}, {outrage}]
      4: the act of scandalizing [syn: {scandalization},
         {scandalisation}, {outrage}]
      v 1: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior
           of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: {shock},
           {offend}, {scandalize}, {scandalise}, {appal}, {appall},
           {outrage}]
      2: violate the sacred character of a place or language;
         "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church";
         "profane the name of God" [syn: {desecrate}, {profane},
         {outrage}, {violate}]
      3: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
         was raped on her way home at night" [syn: {rape}, {ravish},
         {violate}, {assault}, {dishonor}, {dishonour}, {outrage}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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