Outrate vs. Outrage
Outrate vs. Outrage
Test how “Outrate” and “Outrage” look in your own writing.
Outrate
Term ATo get a higher rating than something or someone else
Outrage
Term BAn excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
The resentful anger aroused by such acts.
(obsolete) A destructive rampage. en
(transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
To violate; to rape (a female).
To rage in excess of.
To rage in excess of.
To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.
Example: ‘Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return.’; ‘This interview outrages all decency.’;
Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).
To cause to become very angry; as, the burning of the flag outraged the small conservative town.
To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.
Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.
Example: ‘He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country.’;
Excess; luxury.
a feeling of righteous anger
a wantonly cruel act
a disgraceful event
the act of scandalizing
strike with disgust or revulsion;
Example: ‘The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends’;
violate the sacred character of a place or language;
Example: ‘desecrate a cemetary’; ‘violate the sanctity of the church’; ‘profane the name of God’;
force (someone) to have sex against their will;
Example: ‘The woman was raped on her way home at night’;
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