-v. 4. offend, affront, chagrin, insult, humiliate, slight, slap in the face; pique, Inf. miff, disgruntle, Inf. put [s.o.] off, displease, hurt [s.o.'s] feelings; vex, annoy, provoke, incense, exasperate, distress; irk, rankle, roll, Chiefly U.S. rile, rattle, ruffle; irritate, aggravate, nettle, chafe, gall, disturb; anger, enrage, infuriate, madden; add insult to injury, add fuel to the flames, make one's blood boil.
5. disgust, repel, repulse, SI. gross [s.o.] out, SI. turn [s.o.] off; nauseate, sicken, turn [s.o.'s] stomach; horrify, shock, traumatize; numb, paralyze, immobilize; overwhelm, astound, Inf flabbergast.
6. violate, transgress, trespass, infringe upon, encroach upon, intrude upon, step on the toes of; sin, desecrate, profane, defile, debase; {all in reference to sexual relations) rape, ravage, ravish, deflower.
7. injure, hurt, harm, wound, damage, pain; wrong, malign, aggrieve, do an injustice to, disrespect, walk all over [s.o.]; mistreat, maltreat, abuse, mishandle, ill-use, ill-treat; manhandle, maul, batter, SI. knock around.
outrageous, adj. 1. intolerable, insufferable, unbearable, unendurable, insupportable; impossible, enough, too much, all that one can stand; vexatious, exasperating, provoking, provocative, aggravating, maddening, disturbing, distressing; infuriating, enraging, riling, galling.
2. offensive, scandalous, shocking, disgraceful, shameless; notorious, arrant; flagrant, egregious, grievous; infamous, flagitious, heinous, nefarious, villainous; atrocious, abominable, execrable, monstrous, horrible, horrid, horrendous; hideous, grisly, gruesome, ghastly, unspeakable, unthinkable; vile, foul, base, mean, low, bad; wicked, dark, black, grim, dreadful, dire.
3. glaring, conspicuous, flaming, crying, blatant; ostentatious, flaunted, paraded, displayed; mannered, affected, theatrical, Both SI. camp, campy.
4. immoderate, excessive, inordinate, overweening, high-flown, overblown, extreme, extravagant; exorbitant, unreasonable, unwarranted, uncalled-for, exaggerated, preposterous, unconscionable; unbridled, unrestrained, unlimited, uncurbed, uncontrolled.
5. obnoxious, nasty, disgusting, repugnant; repulsive, repelling, repellent, revolting, objectionable; fulsome, bilious, gross, rank; abominable, odious, heinous, detestable.
6. indecent, indelicate, inelegant, immodest, shameless; abusive, ribald, scurrilous, blackguardly, ther-sitical, profane, foulmouthed, Fescennine; immoral, degenerate, dissolute, dissipated, debauched, rakish, profligate, depraved, perverted; vulgar, obscene, lewd, salacious, foul, filthy, dirty, smutty, SI. raunchy, scatologic, scatalogical.
7. improper, indecorous, unacceptable; inappropriate, unsuitable, unseemly, tawdry, Inf. tacky.
outrank, v. precede, take precedence over, dominate, command, control, lead, hold the whip hand; rank, be superior to, top, overtop, preponderate, transcend, outclass, outreach, v. 1. exceed, reach beyond, extend beyond; outdistance, outstrip, overshadow, eclipse, tower above.
-n. 2. extension, stretch, reach; groping, search, exploration.
3. altruism, selflessness, friendliness, other-directed-ness, charity, good works, outrider, n. 1. attendant, mounted attendant, escort, accompanier, companion; squire, aide, guard, bodyguard, armed guard, guardian, protector; Navy.