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OUTRAGED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Angered at something unjust or wrong
Example:
umbrageous at the loss of their territory
Synonyms:
incensed; indignant; outraged; umbrageous
Classified under:
Similar:
angry (feeling or showing anger)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb outrage
Context examples:
His guest had been outraged, his own life on a former occasion had been hideously plotted against; and both attempts he smothered in secrecy and sank in oblivion!
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It so outraged him and upset him that for hours he would behave like a demon.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He made a futile rush at White Fang, clipping the empty air with an outraged snap.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Collie had been taken in charge by one of the woman-gods, who held arms around her neck and petted and caressed her; but Collie was very much perplexed and worried, whining and restless, outraged by the permitted presence of this wolf and confident that the gods were making a mistake.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
