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outrage
has definitions from the fields of criminal law,sexuality
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[ verb ] strike with disgust or revulsion
Synonyms Examples "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)The kiss outraged our friends but it was done and meanwhile had released in me all the remote , exciting premonitions of lust , all the mysterious sensations that I had imagined a truly consummated kiss would convey to me . |
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[ noun ] a wantonly cruel act
Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)As the first collective confrontation of the Nazi outrage , the Trial of Eichmann represents a recovery of the Jews from the shock of the death camps , a recovery that took fifteen years and which is still by_no_means complete ( though let no one believe that it could be hastened by silence ) . |
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[ noun ] a feeling of righteous anger
Synonyms Used in print (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)Muller , nakedly exposed at the bright window like a deer pinned in a car 's headlights , threw down the rifle and turned to jump from the table ; his face wore a look of outrage . |
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[ verb ] (criminal law) violate the sacred character of a place or language
Examples "desecrate a cemetary" "violate the sanctity of the church" "profane the name of God" Related terms |
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[ verb ] make furious
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