collocations.org

Collocations for outrage - noun

1. great anger

ADJECTIVE

genuine
widespread
international
public
moral
Media reports generated moral outrage.

Back to top ▲


VERB + outrage

be greeted with, cause, generate, provoke, spark
The news was greeted with outrage.
feel
express, voice
Shopkeepers voiced their outrage at the new tax.

Back to top ▲


outrage + VERB

be directed at sb/sth
Much of the outrage was directed at foreign nationals.

Back to top ▲


PREPOSITION

in outrage
The guests all shouted in outrage.
with outrage
She was trembling with outrage.
outrage at
Campaigners have expressed outrage at the decision.
outrage over
There is widespread public outrage over the massacre.

Back to top ▲


PHRASES

cries of outrage, howls of outrage
The announcement provoked howls of outrage.
a feeling of outrage, a sense of outrage

Back to top ▲


2. cruel/shocking act

VERB + outrage

commit, perpetrate
the outrages committed by the invading army

Back to top ▲


PREPOSITION

outrage against
The new law on pensions is an outrage against the elderly.

Back to top ▲

Report an error or submit a comment/suggestion on outrage