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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

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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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

Two families are outraged after a pair of speeding muscle cars kill two Victorville teen girls. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 While federal officials did not plan to build a wall through the park, public lands advocates were outraged when contractors began bulldozing access roads through the area in early to mid-August. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026 Leaders in that town were also outraged and are calculating the cost of clean up with the intention of billing the firm, officials have said. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 Some conservatives were outraged online over the project plan, while others urged people to take a more measured approach, noting that the new stations are not about pushing any ideology. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 The former Fox host looked outraged at the possibility that people didn’t believe the president. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 Most of them were outraged and angered by the club’s decision. — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 When Bellwood Coffee painted over a Grant Park mural of beloved Atlanta journalist Jovita Moore this April, people were outraged. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Van Hollen, the author of the shelved amendment, was outraged. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Verb

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 The victim's wife, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Marlene, and did not want her face shown, said she was outraged by what happened. — Peter D'oench, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 The disaster left Boyle Heights wrapped in a cloud of severe odor, pest infestations and potentially toxic air, leaving the community outraged over ongoing cleanup delays. — Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026 Community outraged over shooting Over the past few days, a vigil was held to grieve the teenager before he was identified and protesters marched in the city’s downtown to stand in solidarity with Williams’ family and call for accountability. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 Victims’ families were outraged at the news, believing that freeing Megrahi was about politics and not justice. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 Progress threatened by 'stomach-churning' politics Leaders at the Joyful Heart Foundation were outraged by the funding threats. — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 16 July 2026 Grande licked one of them, and fans were immediately outraged by the moment. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 16 July 2026 They’ve been similarly outraged by the fecklessness of their own party leaders. — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for outraged

Adjective

But some of it is about the cultural change that people argue about, on their phones, with the other angry people that their algorithm has found for them.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Pretendian hunters tend to be painted as aggressive or angry, which ultimately serves to undermine their claims.

— Tommy Orange, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of angry

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The charges against Gao relate to artistic works that China's authorities claim insulted revolutionary figures, including a 2009 statue called Mao’s Guilt, which shows the former leader and founder of modern China as kneeling in repentance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
The charges against Gao relate to artistic works that China’s authorities claim insulted revolutionary figures, including a 2009 statue called Mao’s Guilt, which shows the former leader and founder of modern China as kneeling in repentance.

— Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of insulted

Verb

But for the medieval and classics scholar in Kratz, the film invited questions and infuriated him at times.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026
Under its previous operator, Mountain View had been plagued by riots that drew negative press and infuriated locals.

— Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of infuriated

Adjective

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
As a consequence, Nadia’s enraged sponsors send her packing back to Europe.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of enraged

Verb

Patterson indicated he wasn’t offended when the Dolphins signed Gonzalez as competition.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
The question that has been most persistently posed by the press—whether M is based on Cusk’s real-life acquaintance Natalie Portman, who is reportedly offended by the implication—has an answer as obvious as the very line of inquiry is tedious.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of offended

Verb

That will make affordable tickets more difficult to find, especially as the tournament reports registering record-breaking visits, and already has angered fans and some players.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
That angered Michigan Democrats who were frustrated with El-Sayed, and brought Jeffries and other Democrats into the fray, putting the candidate El-Sayed had invested the most in on the defensive.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of angered

Adjective

But the Tampa-area English teacher said what qualifies as controversial is constantly evolving, sometimes because of just one indignant parent.

— Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
But if state Democratic leaders simply chose a new nominee on their own, voters might be indignant.

— Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Definition of indignant

Verb

That was Gardner’s first game with the Colts after being acquired from the New York Jets, and while Indy pulled out the OT victory, Gardner was still annoyed by some of the social media chatter afterward.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Millard was either won over by Makowsky’s passion or annoyed into agreement by his persistence.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

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