OUT-RAGED Synonyms: 253 Similar and Opposite Words

outraged 1 of 2

adjective

as in angry

feeling or showing anger the judge was outraged to discover that several jurors had disregarded her orders not to speak with members of the press

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outraged

2 of 2

verb

past tense of outrage

as in insulted

to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in the spiteful comment outraged her so much that she's still holding a grudge

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as in infuriated

to make angry the vandalism in the cemetery outraged the entire community we were outraged to discover that we had been overcharged for our hotel room

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Recent Examples of outraged

Adjective

In the episode, David is caught between a delicious new Palestinian chicken restaurant, a Palestinian girlfriend and an outraged inner circle of Jewish friends. —

Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026 This dispute culminated in the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s designation, by outraged tweet, of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk—a standing peril to national security. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026 But Katie Couric had a few follow-up questions for the most publicly outraged member of the Kennedy clan, Jack Schlossberg. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026 Although many music fans welcomed Ye’s return to the stage there, Pepsi had also widely tagged in outraged tweets protesting the company’s apparent support for him as sole headliner. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2026 In the summer of 2022, Bruce Springsteen fans were outraged when floor tickets skyrocketed to the $4,000 to $5,000 price range. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 While some celebrants have greeted these caricatures with cathartic jeers and sneers, others are shocked and outraged. —

Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2026 The policy Uthmeier is outraged about, known as the Rooney Rule, was first introduced in 2002. —

Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026 The presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Columbia, and Northwestern subsequently resigned, unable to justify their decisions either to Congress or to their own outraged board members and donors. —

Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026

Verb

Based on Chuck Palahniuk’s novel and starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, Fincher’s brooding and violent vision allegedly outraged Murdoch. —

Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026 The camp's plan to reopen part of the campus this summer and host nearly 900 girls has outraged the families of the girls killed. —

CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026 The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is outraged by such attacks in densely populated urban areas. —

Npr Staff, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026 Many fans online were outraged by the price. —

Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026 Larry Calderone, president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, the city’s largest police union, said last week that he was outraged by the manslaughter charge filed against O’Malley. —

Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 The bases outraged Osama bin Laden and contributed to all those years of terrorist attacks against Americans. —

Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026 Madison Mounty, director of Government Relations and Advocacy at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a national Jewish Human Rights organization, said all New Yorkers should be outraged by the graffiti. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026 After more than 30 years, Wimberley Glassworks still flourishes and its gallery is bursting with color—plates in kaleidoscopic shades, delicate pieces glowing brightly on tables, sculptures fanning out in rainbows over the walls, as if outraged by the white paint. —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026

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One of them, Amy, a blond child with limp ponytails and a thin dress that looks like it might have been stained, stands outside a porch door, her fists balled up, mouth open, angry or unhappy or both.

— Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Adames looked more perturbed than angry, putting his hands on his hips before taking off his helmet and slowly walking to first base.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026