outrage

An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.countableuncountable

• There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushion

An offensive, immoral or indecent act.countableuncountable

• I always had a suspicion that Calico, with his blend of simple faith and gipsy blood, had violated a temple, or looted a shrine, to save his son's life, and that the guardians of the relic tracked him and revenged the outrage.

The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.uncountable

A destructive rampage.countableobsoleteuncountable

• The Lords acknowledge the great and happy Providence of Almighty God, in the preventing of ſo horrid an Outrage, which might have endangered the Lives of the Chief Magiſtrates, and alſo hazarded the Spoil of the whole City of London.

To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.transitive

• August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet Base and insolent minds […] outrage men when they have Hopes of doing it without a Return.
• 1725-1726, William Broome, Odyssey The interview […] outrages all the rules of decency.

To inspire feelings of outrage in.transitive

• The senator's comments outraged the community.

To sexually violate; to rape.archaictransitive

To rage in excess of.obsoletetransitive

• Their will the tiger sucked, outraged the storm