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as in offending
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 angering
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 outraging
Justin Fishel, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
On Day 1 of the truce, and in the days since, Israel has stepped up attacks against Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, in Lebanon, outraging Iran and leading to accusations the terms had been breached.
—Justin Fishel, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outraging
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Instead, this just looks like virtue signaling to justify his controversial move to Baton Rouge, which is insulting to people actually affected by what the University of Mississippi represents.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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The 39-year-old man from Stowmarket, Suffolk, was charged with two counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior to harass, cause alarm or distress and failing to provide a blood specimen in custody.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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The offending symbol still stays there and demands to be dealt with.—
Charlotte Maracina,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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The no-escape rule says that after a penalty is called and play stops, the remaining players on the offending team cannot change.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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The retailer scaled back Pride displays and rolled back DEI programs, angering its liberal customers.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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Months later, in January 1996, pilots again released clouds of leaflets north of the island, angering Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl Castro, who was serving as Cuba's defense minister at the time.—
Hank Tester,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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Or were their outrageous takes simply a ploy to boost ratings?—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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Back then, both Riley and Glick felt marginalized, under siege in a country where merely criticizing income inequality was viewed as outrageous.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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One of the most consistently infuriating elements of Yellowstone was how Sheridan kept positioning the Duttons — a family of land barons with immense political power and a penchant for murder — as righteous underdogs.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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In addition to infuriating those crusty Canadian fans who hate these new-fangled markets — and to be clear, that’s also a selling point — this matchup would feature each side trying to put the ghosts of past failure to rest.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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But Detroit’s damning offensive flaws, which its defense compensated for during the regular season, were exposed by the Cavs.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Offensively, Jackson looked good at quarterback, especially creating big plays out of nothing when his offensive line broke down.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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There's really nothing better than firing up a grill and having a nice barbecue, but few things are as enraging as getting ready to cook and realizing something is missing.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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The judge rejected the Suffolk District Attorney’s recommendation of 12 years and cut it in half, enraging prosecutors.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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But the pop culture of twelve years ago is baffling, uncanny, affronting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Outraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outraging. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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