Collocations for "outraged"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "outraged" in context.
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outrage
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [town, population] was in an outrage [over, about]
- an outrage [over] the [decision, outcome]
- the [decision] caused public outrage
- outrage [sparked] by the [ruling]
- there would be [massive, huge] outrage if
- is the [source, root, origin] of (public) outrage
- was [done, carried out] even to the outrage of [many, the workers]
- received outrage from [many]
- outrage and [anger, disgrace, disgust, indignation]
- an outrage against humanity
- is an outrage among [readers, Christians]
- express outrage over
- outrage over how they were [handled, treated]
- this is an outrage!
- it is an outrage that you think you can [do, try, say]
- it's an outrage they didn't [consider, allow, approve]
- what you [did] is an outrage
- there is an international outrage over
- could not contain his outrage
- her [actions, decision, behavior, brutality] outraged him
- outraged the [public, workers, fans]
- outraged by [their actions, the senator, the proposals]
- [such, that type of] behavior outrages [society, our sense of freedom, all civilized people]
- were outraged at the [decision, outcome, possibility]
- outraged me to [learn, discover, hear] that
- nothing outrages me more than
'outraged' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):