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adjective

as in angry
feeling or showing anger the judge was outraged to discover that several jurors had disregarded her orders not to speak with members of the press

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outraged

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verb

past tense of outrage
1
as in insulted
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in the spiteful comment outraged her so much that she's still holding a grudge

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2
as in infuriated
to make angry the vandalism in the cemetery outraged the entire community we were outraged to discover that we had been overcharged for our hotel room

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Recent Examples of outraged
Adjective
Tall Paul said through an outraged mouthful of banoffee doughnut. — Kevin Barry, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026 After a concertgoer died in the audience at a Carson music festival on Saturday, an artist is outraged the show continued while the deceased was still on-site. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Residents are outraged that Amtrak wants to move its maintenance facility from the South Loop to Bridgeport near Rate Field. — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Its students arrive morally outraged, a priori puritans, while its professors are enervated and dissatisfied. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 Goodman and nine others from the disability community who spoke with the Tampa Bay Times are outraged. — Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 And yes, the internet — and the virtue-signaling media — got so outraged by it, that Manning, and Sarkisian, were forced to issue apologies. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 He’s portrayed as an egomaniacal philanderer, and the real Hansen is outraged. — Gina Park, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026 The price hike, which followed an end to the team’s 53-year championship drought, outraged fans. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
Radicals, outraged at its concessions, wanted to fight and topple the shogunate in favor of imperial rule. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Team member outraged University of Maryland freshman Camryn Bryant is on the club tennis team that is embroiled in the scandal. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Many students are outraged by a rape lawsuit but cowed by the university’s penalties for protesters. — Grey Battle, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026 Bucks fans outraged with sponsor choice Some Bucks fans were not happy with the organization partnering with Uline and within hours of the announcement voiced their frustrations with the decision. — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2026 While some commenters were skeptical on the @mylilretinol TikTok page, which has videos with hundreds of thousands of views, others appeared outraged by the fake brand. — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 15 Sep. 2026 When bulldozers were spotted clearing land in the park in August, people across the state were outraged. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 To the casual YouTube viewer, these would look like unconnected videos from political news creators outraged by events happening in cities led by Democrats. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026 When police officers in Oklahoma admitted to using electro-shock gloves to subdue two students over the 2025-2026 school year, the community was rightfully outraged. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outraged
  1. angry
  2. insulted
  3. infuriated
  4. enraged
  5. offended
  6. angered
  7. indignant
  8. annoyed
Adjective
  • Protests by high school students angry about dilapidated, understaffed schools have roiled France since mid-September.
    — JOHN LEICESTER, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Keeping The Faith So all’s well that ends well, and frantic, for Halfway 2 Jesus, Rock’s 13th album and the follow-up to 2022’s angry, politically charged Bad Reputation.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of angry
Verb
  • For the last two years, Francesca Ortega insulted Latinos on social media with rhetoric that sounded straight from Stephen Miller.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Others insulted them, settling into the familiar wrestling roles of heroes and villains before ever stepping between the ropes.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of insulted
Verb
  • Sydney Sweeney is no stranger to starring in a controversial ad — and her latest effort has infuriated female athletes, including Olympians.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But Marcia was beginning to sound like Marcia on the page, Marcia in those essays that both excited and infuriated her readers.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of infuriated
Adjective
  • And not just any velociraptor, but the enraged dinosaur that pushed franchise champion Rachel Reilly into a volcano, thereby burning the reality TV icon to a crisp in a sea of lava.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Imagine the ripe smell of swamp-wet dogs, the acrid stench of overheated, enraged bear, the slippery warm blood of pack members already lost; the simply insufferable noise and confusion in that dank little hole.
    — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of enraged
Verb
  • The Brewers should be offended at the premise behind the owners’ push for a salary cap.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a sense in the gut that really gets offended by people who abuse their power.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of offended
Verb
  • The ouster of Bela Bajaria from the role that Rice now occupies was messy, and angered many inside and outside of Netflix.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Cotham, previously a Democrat, switched parties in 2023, a move that gave the GOP a veto-proof supermajority in the state House and angered Democrats across North Carolina.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of angered
Adjective
  • His tone was reminiscent of the indignant woman in Yamaska who’d unloaded on me while walking her dog.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The same people who were indignant over Hunter Biden have turned a blind eye to the conflicts of interest rife in this administration.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of indignant
Verb
  • Returning the sarcasm tends to cause the same problem, with two people annoyed instead of one.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Williams is annoyed and wants order while Kirke is hardly paying attention and lugs vases of flowers through her home.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of annoyed

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“Outraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outraged. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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