[out.rage] n [ME, fr. MF, excess, outrage, fr. outre beyond, in excess, fr. L ultra--more at ultra-] (14c) 1: an act of violence or brutality
2. a: injury, insult "do no ~s on silly women or poor passengers --Shak." b: an act that violates accepted standards of behavior or taste "an ~ alike against decency and dignity --John Buchan"
3: the anger and resentment aroused by injury or insult
[2]outrage vt out.raged ; out.rag.ing (1590) 1 a: rape b: to violate the standards or principles of "he has outraged respectability past endurance --John Braine"
2: to arouse anger or resentment in usu. by some grave offense syn see offend