verb
- Strike with disgust or revulsion.
- usage: "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
- synonyms: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
- Violate the sacred character of a place or language.
- usage: "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
- Force (someone) to have sex against their will.
- usage: "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
adjective
- Angered at something unjust or wrong.
- usage: "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"
- synonyms: indignant, incensed, umbrageous
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