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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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
Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
Thousands of commenters were outraged by the idea – and Kelce agrees.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
The internet erupted into discourse about the moment, with some brushing it off as classic Kanye antics and others outraged at the display.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Faculty members told the Tribune that the move was unexpected, and many said they were outraged by the sudden announcement.
—Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
So, what are Vance and Cotton outraged about?
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Corporate America, outraged by the tariffs, has lobbied hard against them.
—David Goldman, CNN, 10 Feb. 2025
The news outraged many Palestinians, who saw it as giving Israel a green light to carry out what many viewed as an attempt to ethnically cleanse Gaza.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
Thousands of commenters were outraged by the idea – and Kelce agrees.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
The internet erupted into discourse about the moment, with some brushing it off as classic Kanye antics and others outraged at the display.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Faculty members told the Tribune that the move was unexpected, and many said they were outraged by the sudden announcement.
—Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
So, what are Vance and Cotton outraged about?
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Corporate America, outraged by the tariffs, has lobbied hard against them.
—David Goldman, CNN, 10 Feb. 2025
The news outraged many Palestinians, who saw it as giving Israel a green light to carry out what many viewed as an attempt to ethnically cleanse Gaza.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outraged
Adjective
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Freed of her caring duties, angry and uncertain about her future Karl gets on a Greyhound bus and heads to Las Vegas where Jean is working as a waitress at the El Cortez.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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The family defended themselves against an angry mob of hundreds of people who surrounded the house, throwing rocks and threatening the family, Duggan said.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But Hunter speaks with the indignant passion of someone who made nearly $1.5 million selling his art during his father’s campaign and the early years of his administration.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
23 July 2025
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In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump veered from elated to indignant to triumphant as his fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
Verb
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Not seeing his name on the list should have annoyed him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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While typically a crowd at a concert might have been annoyed that the performer stopped the show to have a chat with a fan, the audience couldn’t have been more supportive and receptive.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And plenty of fans are furious that Childers has embraced studio bells and whistles — there’s vocoder and drum loops on some songs — and is no longer singing exclusively about hardscrabble Appalachian life à la his 2017 debut Purgatory.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
4 Aug. 2025
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Taiwan’s progressives, furious at the resulting obstruction, thus gathered enough signatures to vote on recalling roughly a third of the KMT’s legislators.—
LEV NACHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Though it's deemed an accident in the play by Queen Gertrude, Ophelia was considered mad and the possibility of suicide was not ruled out.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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When Fishbein visited the property on a recent afternoon, a mad nest of rebar and brick rose over the horizon of a chain-link fence on 23rd Street.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Adding in the ballistic and cruise missiles dispatched, which are far more expensive per unit, brings the total price tag of Russia’s 2025 aerial campaign to almost $13.4 billion.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Russian ballistic and cruise missiles then route around the defenses to strike their targets.—
ERIC SCHMIDT,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Outraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outraged. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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