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noun | verb outrageoutrage1 /ˈaʊt˺reɪdʒ/ ●○○ noun ETYMOLOGYoutrage1Origin: 1200-1300 Old French too great quantity, from outre beyond, too much; influenced in meaning by rage ► cause/spark/provoke/prompt etc. outrage The case prompted a lot of public outrage. 1[uncountable] a feeling of great anger or shock: Several parents wrote to the school to express their outrage.outrage at/over environmentalists’ outrage at plans to develop the coastlinecause/spark/provoke/prompt etc. outrage The case prompted a lot of public outrage.2[countable] something that causes this feeling: The prices they charge are an outrage! [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French too great quantity, from outre beyond, too much; influenced in meaning by rage] noun | verb outrageoutrage2 ●○○ verb [transitive usually passive] VERB TABLEoutrage |
Present | I, you, we, they | outrage | | he, she, it | outrages | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | outraged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have outraged | | he, she, it | has outraged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had outraged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will outrage | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have outraged |
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Present | I | am outraging | | he, she, it | is outraging | | you, we, they | are outraging | Past | I, he, she, it | was outraging | | you, we, they | were outraging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been outraging | | he, she, it | has been outraging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been outraging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be outraging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been outraging |
to make someone feel very angry and shocked: be outraged at/by something Customers were outraged by the price increases. |