Read full poem →Sunk in the black and white marble. The west wind has lifted a scarf
On the seat close beside me, the blue of it is a violent outrage of colour.
She draws it more closely about her, and it ripples beneath
Dictionary Entry
An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
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Common Phrases
. outrageupon outrageoutrage moraloutrage public
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Poetry examples for “outrage”
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Read full poem →Now dead he is, and lieth wrapt in lead,
(O why should Death on him such outrage shew!)
And all his passing skill with him is fled,
Read full poem →said to have robbed him of his books, besides cheating and plaguing him
in the economy of his house, etc., etc. His feelings on such an outrage,
both as a parent and a scholar, must have been singularly painful.
Read full poem →Up to my ear the morning brings
The outrage of the poor.
Read full poem →At least we withstand Barabbas now!
Was our outrage sore? But the worst we spared,
To have called these--Christians, had we dared!
Read full poem →Shatter it inward on the unswept floors.
How had the tender verse escaped their outrage?
By being invisible for what it was,
Read full poem →So mankind’s enemy, the terrible solitary
Went on accomplishing outrage on outrage,
Heavy humiliations. Heorot was his house,