What is another word for outrages?

Pronunciation: [ˈa͡ʊtɹe͡ɪd͡ʒɪz] (IPA)

Outrage is a strong emotion felt when something morally wrong has been done. The word "outrage" has several synonyms that can be used interchangeably to convey strong emotions of anger, indignation, and disgust. Some of these synonyms include offensiveness, impropriety, provocation, insult, injuriousness, and irrationality. Other synonyms include atrocity, abomination, affront, indignity, transgression, and violation. All these words convey a sense of strong displeasure with something that has been done that is contrary to acceptable behavior. They can be used in different contexts such as politics, relationships, and society. It's important to choose the right synonym that best fits the context to effectively communicate the extent of one's indignation.

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Usage examples for Outrages

I remember well one day, when, stung and maddened by these outrages, I so far forgot myself as to reply, and the Court of King's Bench was closed against me for twelve long years,-ay, till I came back to it as the first man in my profession.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Meaning that, with enough to eat, we should have fewer outrages in the dark nights, and by that I knew he was one acquainted with the country.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Permit me here to add, that although I have come from Massachusetts to Illinois at my own expense, without money and without price, for the express purpose of bringing these claims of oppressed humanity to your notice, I do not demand nor ask for any remuneration for my false imprisonment in your State institution, nor for any personal redress of those legal wrongs which have deprived me of my reputation, my home, my property, my children, my liberty; but I do ask that the legal liabilities to such like outrages may be effectually removed by this legislature, and that the justice of a trial by jury may be forthwith extended to those now in that asylum, who have been consigned to an indefinite term of imprisonment, without any trial.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard

Famous quotes with Outrages

  • The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities.
    Ida B. Wells
  • Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood.
    William Allen White
  • I am not unmindful of the journalist's quip that yesterday's paper wraps today's garbage. I am also not unmindful of the outrages visited upon our forests to publish redundant and incoherent collections of essays; for, like Dr. Seuss' Lorax, I like to think that I speak for the trees. Beyond vanity, my only excuses for a collection of these essays lie in the observation that many people like (and as many people despise) them, and that they seem to cohere about a common theme—Darwin's evolutionary perspective as an antidote to our cosmic arrogance.
    Stephen Jay Gould
  • Quite in vain did several lawyers point out to him that, if justice really existed, there would be no need for law and lawmakers, and thus one of mankind’s noblest conceptions would be obliterated, and an entire occupational group would be thrown out of work. For it is the essence of the law, they told him, that abuses and outrages should exist, since these discrepancies served as proof and validation of the necessity of law, and of justice itself.
    Robert Sheckley
  • Over the years, I've made a lot of predictions that have come true. Remember this one: two years from now, even those who supported Barack Obama most enthusiastically will be feeling a certain nostalgia about George W. Bush and secretly wishing they'd voted for John McCain. Yeah, I know, disgusting. But that's the way the world works. Nobody alive today would willingly admit to voting for Adolf Hitler, although the third or fourth worst mass-murderer in history (behind Mao Tse Tung, Joseph Stalin, and, on a per capita basis, Pol Pot) won by a landslide. Once the outrages to come have ended and there are thousands — perhaps even millions — of Obama's crimes to account for, would you want to admit to having voted to make those crimes possible?
    L. Neil Smith

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