Syn. -- Affront; insult; abuse. See Affront.
Out"rage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outragen (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Outraging (?).] [F. outrager. See Outrage, n.]
1. To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with
violence or excessive abuse.
Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it
without a return.
Atterbury.
This interview outrages all decency.
Broome.
2. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a
female).
Out"rage, v. t. To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.
Out*ra"geous (?), a. [OF. outrageus, F. outrageux. See Outrage, n.] Of
the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or
decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious.
"Outrageous weeping." Chaucer. "The most outrageous villainies." Sir P.
Sidney. "The vile, outrageous crimes." Shak. "Outrageous panegyric."
Dryden.
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Syn. -- Violent; furious; exorbitant; excessive; atrocious; monstrous;
wanton; nefarious; heinous.
-- Out*ra"geous*ly (out*r"js*l), adv. -- Out*ra"geous*ness, n.
||Ou`trance" (`träNs"), n. [F. See OutrÆ.] The utmost or last
||extremity.
||Combat à outrance, a fight to the end, or to the death.
Out*rank" (out*rk"), v. t. To exceed in rank; hence, to take precedence
of.
Out*ray" (-r"), v. t. To outshine. [R.] Skelton.