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outrage

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1. outrage - Noun

2. outrage - Verb

Meaning

To rage in excess of.

Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.

Excess; luxury.

To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.

Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).

To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex. Bertrand Russell

God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind. Jean Cocteau

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more outraged that they won't be able to be outraged anymore. Barney Frank

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country? Andrew Greeley

Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines. Carl Hiaasen

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