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outrageous
outrageously
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outrage (outrages plural & 3rd person present) (outraging present participle) (outraged past tense & past participle )
The verb is pronounced [PH:a][PH:U][PH:t][PH:r][PH:e][PH:I][PH:d][PH:Z]. The noun is pronounced [PH:a][PH:U][PH:t][PH:r][PH:e][PH:I][PH:d][PH:Z].

1  verb If you are outraged by something, it makes you extremely shocked and angry.
Many people have been outraged by some of the things that have been said...  be V-ed
♦ outraged  adj
He is truly outraged about what's happened to him...

2 n-uncount Outrage is an intense feeling of anger and shock.
The decision provoked outrage from women and human rights groups...

3 n-count You can refer to an act or event which you find very shocking as an outrage.
The latest outrage was to have been a co-ordinated gun and bomb attack on the station...

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