Collocations for outrage - noun
1. great anger
ADJ.
genuine | widespread | international | public | moral
Media reports generated moral outrage.
Media reports generated moral outrage.
VERB + OUTRAGE
be greeted with, cause, generate, provoke, spark
The news was greeted with outrage.
The news was greeted with outrage.
feel | express, voice
Shopkeepers voiced their outrage at the new tax.
Shopkeepers voiced their outrage at the new tax.
OUTRAGE + VERB
be directed at sb/sth
Much of the outrage was directed at foreign nationals.
Much of the outrage was directed at foreign nationals.
PREP.
in ~
The guests all shouted in outrage.
The guests all shouted in outrage.
with ~
She was trembling with outrage.
She was trembling with outrage.
~ at
Campaigners have expressed outrage at the decision.
Campaigners have expressed outrage at the decision.
~ over
There is widespread public outrage over the massacre.
There is widespread public outrage over the massacre.
PHRASES
cries/howls of outrage
The announcement provoked howls of outrage.
The announcement provoked howls of outrage.
a feeling/sense of outrage
2. cruel/shocking act
VERB + OUTRAGE
commit, perpetrate
the outrages committed by the invading army
the outrages committed by the invading army
PREP.
~ against
The new law on pensions is an outrage against the elderly.
The new law on pensions is an outrage against the elderly.