Synonyms of outraged

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angry
• enraged
• infuriated
• indignant
• angered
• furious
• mad
• ballistic
• infuriate
• incensed
• irate
• annoyed
• livid
• apoplectic
• rabid
• fuming
• passionate
• riled
• sore
• wrathful
• inflamed
• irritable
• in a huff
• ireful
• hot under the collar
• hot
• hopping mad
• blue in the face
• bent out of shape
• fit to be tied
• choleric
• wroth
• exasperated
• steaming
• rankled
• foaming
• in a pet
• in a fume
• aggravated
• shirty
• roiled
• going crook
• ticked
• cheesed off
• hopping
• horn-mad
• seething
• steamed up
• embittered
• resentful
• vindictive
• spiteful
• vengeful
• unpleasant
• ranting
• boiling
• huffy
• riley
• teed off
• antagonistic
• virulent
• vitriolic
• perturbed
• malevolent
• bristling
• cross
• acrimonious
• worked up
• antipathetic
• raving
• wrought (up)
• petulant
• disagreeable
• rancorous
• burning
• sulky
• sizzling
• antisocial
• inimical
• disapproving
• peevish
• smoldering
• acrid
• fretful
• unfriendly
• churlish
• grumpy
• irascible
• frigid
• stormy
• bitter
• distant
• belligerent
• bristly
• bilious
• cantankerous
• icy
• dyspeptic
• snappish
• cold
• querulous
• testy
• grouchy
• piqued
• pugnacious
• inflammable
• cranky
• touchy
• contrary
• crabby
• ornery
• contentious
• ill-tempered
• cool
• fussy
• ill-humored
• sorehead
• quarrelsome
• argumentative
• bearish
• disputatious
• quick-tempered
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delighted
• pleased
• accepting
• happy
• agreeable
• amenable
• friendly
• sympathetic
• complaisant
• satisfied
• accommodating
• content
• amicable
• cordial
• obliging
• angerless
• tolerant
• empathetic
• calm
• understanding
• pleasant
• peaceable
• serene
• amiable
• sweet
• kind
• placid
• good-natured
• tranquil
• pacific
• affable
• easygoing
• genial
• unembittered
• good-tempered

outraged

2 of 2

verb

past tense of outrage

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insulted
• offended
• upset
• affronted
• displeased
• taunted
• wounded
• disturbed
• slapped
• hurt
• troubled
• slighted
• disrespected
• mocked
• dissed
• miffed
• pained
• ridiculed
• distressed
• snubbed
• jeered
• tortured
• tormented
• disparaged
• oppressed
• reviled
• slandered
• maligned
• defamed
• persecuted
• smeared
• libeled
• sneered (at)
• slurred
• cut

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• applauded
• hailed
• acclaimed
• praised
• commended
• complimented
• flattered
• eulogized
• honored
• pleased
• delighted
• gratified
• satisfied
• exalted
• adulated
• glorified
• sweet-talked

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• infuriated
• angered
• enraged
• annoyed
• irritated
• incensed
• offended
• riled
• maddened
• rankled
• inflamed
• ired
• roiled
• aggravated
• steamed up
• ticked off
• exasperated
• provoked
• peeved
• affronted
• miffed
• madded
• rubbed the wrong way
• vexed
• nettled
• burned (up)
• huffed
• piqued
• ruffled
• embittered
• crossed
• got one's goat
• got
• antagonized
• put out
• envenomed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delighted
• pleased
• gratified
• relieved
• comforted
• soothed
• consoled
• allayed
• assuaged
• appeased
• mollified
• pacified
• quieted
• calmed
• settled
• lulled
• charmed
• captivated
• enchanted
• placated
• disarmed
• bewitched
• beguiled
• conciliated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outraged

Adjective

Price countered claims by outraged residents that this was merely a solution to help solve the village’s high property taxes. — Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026

Parents at New York City's Public School 200 are outraged after learning the man accused of murdering a woman on a Brooklyn jogging path was an employee at their children's school. — Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026

Taxing individuals who rarely generated cash income and whose fortunes were thus not easily estimated outraged entrepreneurs, lowered investment, and hampered growth. — Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026

The Taiwan lobby is outraged at his transactional approach to the island. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Fans and journalists were outraged that such an iconic Southern Belle would be played by a foreigner. — Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026

Frustratingly, the focus moves from our protagonists’ bedroom frolics to the townsfolk, who are outraged at a steamy love that reveals their own lack. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026

Those campaign attacks, along with anger over the divisive Netanyahu and his far-right government, brought outraged Arabs to the polls like never before. — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

When he was dismissed from that role in 1990, many fans were outraged. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

Verb

Brands, including Stiiizy and West Coast Cure, that were contaminated two years ago came up largely clean in the latest testing — a change that industry leaders attribute to pressure from consumers outraged by The Times’ 2024 reporting. — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Bipartisan support for Israel in the US had already been eroding, with Democrats outraged at Israel over the death toll in the Gaza war and a growing number of Republicans believing the US has given it too much support. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

Others blasted Moskowitz for trading stocks while in office, a subject that has outraged voters across the country. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

The old Republicans — the Bush Republicans — would stand up and would be outraged. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

While we are relieved that Heidi has received medical care and is safe, we are outraged by this unwarranted attack on a journalist doing her job and urge a thorough investigation and follow-through from authorities. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Within days of Jane Doe’s filing, people outraged by the case rushed to find the seven men online. — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

Team member outraged University of Maryland freshman Camryn Bryant is on the club tennis team that is embroiled in the scandal. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Many students are outraged by a rape lawsuit but cowed by the university’s penalties for protesters. — Grey Battle, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026