outraging
present participle ofoutrage
outrage
verb[T]
uk/ˈaʊt.reɪdʒ/us/ˈaʊt.reɪdʒ/(especiallyof anunfairactionorstatement) tocausesomeone tofeelveryangry,shocked, orupset:
Localpeoplewere outragedatthebombing.
Aproposedfivepercentcutinpayhas outragedstaffat thewarehouse.
Synonym
scandalize
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoy
- bend
- get upsomeone'snoseidiom
- givesomeonethe shitsidiom
- go too faridiom
- goat
- grate
- joke
- nark
- rub
- rubsomeoneup the wrong wayidiom
- ruffle
- rufflesomeone'sfeathersidiom
- setsomeone'steeth on edgeidiom
- tit
- troll
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Making people sad, shocked and upset
Examplesofoutraging
outraging
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Acts which involve the corruption of a minor below the age of consent; acts which involveoutragingpublic decency.
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Outragingpublic decency goes considerably beyond offending the susceptibilities of or even shocking reasonable people.
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In a democracy it must rest upon the consent of the general body of citizens, neitheroutragingthe majority, not inflaming the minority.
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From that day to this the offence has existed ofoutragingpublic decency and morality.
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It is that in these proposals you areoutragingthe convictions of nearly one-half of your fellow-countrymen on a matter which can never be settled except by consent.
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You areoutragingtheir deepest sentiments, religious and otherwise, by dictating to them what shall be put over the grave of him whom they loved most.
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The student pleaded guilty tooutragingpublic decency.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Police arrested the accused and registered a case under criminal restraint, hurt,outragingthe modesty of woman and criminal intimidation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The laws specifically forbid anyone fromoutragingsomeone's religious feelings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This was the first occasion on which a charge ofoutragingpublic decency had been preferred in over 80 years.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She thus paid the price for her open flouting of public morality andoutragingthe public sense of decency by displaying her illegitimate grossesse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Corallo demanded anoutraging33% of the take.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Samantha returns home late at night,outragingher father, who punches her in the face and pushes her down the stairs, causing her to be rushed to the hospital.
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