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outrage
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun [U]
1 a strong feeling of shock and anger:
The judge's remarks caused public outrage. * She was filled with an overwhelming sense of outrage. * Environmentalists have expressed outrage at the ruling.
2 [C] an act or event that is violent, cruel or very wrong and that shocks people or makes them very angry:
No one has yet claimed responsibility for this latest bomb outrage.
verb [VN] [oftenpassive] to make sb very shocked and angry:
He was outraged at the way he had been treated.
