Outrage
/ˈaʊt.reɪdʒ/noun
Violent or intense anger, or an act that shocks moral feeling.
Did you know?The word entered English through Old French *outrage*, ultimately from Latin *ultra* (“beyond”), so its oldest sense is literally about going past the boundary — the place where order breaks.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂el-
“to grow, nourish, or be strong”
Latin
Latin
ultra
“beyond, on the far side of”
Old French
Old French
outrage
“excess, insolence, insult”
Middle English
English
outrage
“violent treatment, insult, excess”
Modern English
English
outrage
“violent anger or something that causes shock and indignation”
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