Noun

(en noun)

(uncountable) The state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}

The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.

(legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.

Noun

(en noun)

An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.

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, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}

An offensive, immoral or indecent act.

The resentful anger aroused by such acts.

(obsolete) A destructive rampage.

"by the outrage and fury of the river " (from an old description of flood damage).