word-vault/dist/data/cards/ou/outrage.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "outrage",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a strong feeling of shock and anger",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The judge's remarks caused public outrage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was filled with a strong sense of **moral outrage**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Environmentalists have expressed outrage at the ruling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Media reports sparked international outrage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Much of the outrage was directed at foreign nationals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was trembling with outrage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shopkeepers voiced their outrage at the new tax."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The announcement provoked howls of outrage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guests all shouted in outrage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news was greeted with outrage."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["genuine", "widespread", "international"],
                "verb + outrage": ["be greeted with", "cause", "generate"],
                "outrage + verb": ["be directed at somebody/​something"],
                "preposition": ["in outrage", "with outrage", "outrage at"],
                "phrases": [
                    "cries of outrage",
                    "howls of outrage",
                    "a feeling of outrage"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an act or event that is violent, cruel or very wrong and that shocks people or makes them very angry",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "No one has yet claimed responsibility for this latest terrorist outrage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new law on pensions is an outrage against the elderly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the outrages committed by the invading army"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "atrocity",
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + outrage": ["commit", "perpetrate"],
                "preposition": ["outrage against"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtreɪdʒ/",
                "audio": "ou/outrage/outrage__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈaʊtreɪdʒ/",
                "audio": "ou/outrage/outrage__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the senses ‘lack of moderation’ and ‘violent behaviour’): from Old French ou(l)trage, based on Latin ultra ‘beyond’. Sense development has been affected by the belief that the word is a compound of out and rage."
}