as in insults
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
the booing during the graduation speech was an outrage
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as in offends
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 infuriates
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 outrages
Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Women and children of the city are living in a state of terror, fearing that the fiend, if uncaught, will commit other outrages in this city.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
This shame campaign, of course, is unlikely to put a dent in the NFL’s bottom line, just as previous outrages have failed to rattle this juggernaut, still the largest professional athletic league in the world by revenue.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
As a result of that and other outrages, in 2008 voters passed Proposition 11, the Voters FIRST Act.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Avital Pardo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
Today’s designation is a critical step in holding accountable and changing the behavior of Nigerian officials who have facilitated and created an environment conducive to the outrages in Nigeria.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Women and children of the city are living in a state of terror, fearing that the fiend, if uncaught, will commit other outrages in this city.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
This shame campaign, of course, is unlikely to put a dent in the NFL’s bottom line, just as previous outrages have failed to rattle this juggernaut, still the largest professional athletic league in the world by revenue.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
As a result of that and other outrages, in 2008 voters passed Proposition 11, the Voters FIRST Act.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
Content that outrages, polarizes or triggers anxiety keeps us watching.
—Avital Pardo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrages
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On screen, Lawrence and Pattinson hurl nonstop insults at each other in loud bursts of verbal warfare, a striking contrast to the duo’s quieter working relationship.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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The race has been no short of dogged, as insults between the candidates on the debate stage have led to archives investigations and defamation lawsuit threats.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Intel case offends two basic economic truths.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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Tallulah asks, shocked, which offends Maia.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Investigative reporting is bad enough; often what really infuriates him is jokes.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere, the photo of Cartman is a reference to his reaction of Clyde’s incendiary new podcast that has a right wing theme that infuriates the perpetual instigator.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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And nothing angers the Survivor gods more than reality TV hubris.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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Kirk assassination angers and unsettles leaders, residents The assassination of Kirk, which happened in front of hundreds of people and was captured on video and widely circulated on social media, has in particular rattled the nation and drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum.—
Mark Vancleave,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Long Walk is unsparing in its depiction of violence, as well as the other indignities the boys face along the way.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Today, the Court needlessly subjects countless more to these exact same indignities.—
Dan Gooding
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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While this violation enrages the village’s women, the men who make up the Panchayat (village council) try and fail to cast her out of town.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The funniest part to me is that amid this violence — as someone is literally trying to kill him — the thing that enrages Beom-mo the most is when his wife’s top starts to slip down.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ask yourself what annoys you specifically about that behavior, Davis says.—
NPR,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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There are days when my running annoys my wife, my children, or my colleagues.—
Nicholas Thompson,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Outrages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrages. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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