outrage Значение & определение

Значение на outrage на български

• 0 a feeling of anger and shock:

  • These murders have provoked outrage across the country.

  • Many politicians and members of the public expressed outrage at the verdict.

  • The bomb, which killed 15 people, was the worst of a series of terrorist outrages.

  • [ + that ] It's an outrage (= it is shocking and morally unacceptable) that so much public money should have been wasted in this way.

• 1 (especially of an unfair action or statement) to cause someone to feel very angry, shocked, or upset:

  • Local people were outraged at the bombing.

  • A proposed five percent cut in pay has outraged staff at the warehouse.

• 2 to cause someone to feel very angry, shocked, or upset:

  • The proposed pay cut outraged the staff.

• 3 a strong feeling of anger and shock, or an act or event that causes these feelings:

  • [ C ] The terrible living conditions of migrant workers, he said, were an outrage.