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Jackson6612 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Outraged sense of justice or morality

Hi

In the definition below I think "outraged sense" acts as a single phrase but I can't understand its meaning. In my opinion, "outraged" is used in this sense, "to violate the standards or principles of". But I can't seem to find any definition of "http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sense" which fits here. Please help me with it. Thank you.

righteous
2 a : morally right or justifiable <a righteous decision> b : arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality <righteous indignation>
[M-W's Col. Dic.]

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Jackson
  

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Outraged = angry and upset sense = feeling, understanding, opinion, notion

— Mister Micawber

  • Outraged = angry and upset sense = feeling, understanding, opinion, notion
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Outraged = angry and upset
sense = feeling, understanding, opinion, notion
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber.

But the phrase "outraged sense" does function as a single entity here. But it doesn't make much sense to me when individual definitions are combined together to create one single meaning, "angry and upset feeling about justice and morality". Could you please help me with it? Thank you.

Regards
Jackson
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You must read into it:

"outraged sense" = "angry and upset feeling about justice and morality [not being upheld]".
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Mister MicawberYou must read into it:"outraged sense" = "angry and upset feeling about justice and morality [not being upheld]".
Thank you once again, Mr Micawber.

I understand it now. But how the dictionary can miss such an important part without which meaning is entirely incomplete. I understand that dictionaries do use precise form but omitting an
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The dictionary missed nothing. The two words are not being defined; it is 'righteous' . It is their combination which the reader must further interpret, just as he must interpret any sentence.
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I would not say that "outraged sense" is any sort of collocation. You simply have an adjective and a noun.

This meaning of "outrage" does not appear in every dictionary. It is slightly different from the usual one. The Compact Oxford (
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, enoon, for the help.

@enoon: Your post was very useful, especially the quoted part.
It is the person's idea of justice or morality that is outraged in your example
Best wishes
Jackson
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