OUTRAGE


Meaning of OUTRAGE in English

[noun] [U]Outrage is a feeling of anger and shock.The sadistic murder of a two-year-old boy in Liverpool last week provoked public outrage.Many politicians and members of the public expressed outrage at the verdict.Racist attacks have caused moral outrage.Public outrage forced the government to stop the road building, and the forest was saved.The sense of moral outrage at the unfairness of the tax was very strong.An outrage is also a shocking, morally unacceptable and usually violent action.The bomb, which killed 15 people, was the worst of a series of terrorist outrages. [C]It's an outrage (= it is shocking and morally unacceptable) that so much public money should have been wasted in this way. [C + that clause]

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.