rage

American  

[reyj] / reɪdʒ /

noun

1. angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination).

   a speech full of rage;

   incidents of road rage.

   Synonyms:

   madness, ire, passion, frenzy, wrath

   Antonyms:

   calm

2. a fit of violent anger.

   Her rages usually don't last too long.

3. fury or violence of wind, waves, fire, disease, etc.

   Synonyms:

   turbulence

4. violence of feeling, desire, or appetite.

   the rage of thirst.

5. a violent desire or passion.

6. ardor; fervor; enthusiasm.

   poetic rage.

   Synonyms:

   vehemence, eagerness

7. the object of widespread enthusiasm, as for being popular or fashionable.

   Raccoon coats were the rage on campus.

   Synonyms:

   craze, fashion, fad, vogue

8. Archaic. insanity.

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verb (used without object)

raged, raging

1. to act or speak with fury; show or feel violent anger; fulminate.

   Synonyms:

   storm, fume, rave

2. to move, rush, dash, or surge furiously.

   Synonyms:

   storm, fume, rave

3. to proceed, continue, or prevail with great violence.

   The battle raged ten days.

4. (of feelings, opinions, etc.) to hold sway with unabated violence.

idioms

1. all the rage, widely popular or in style.

rage British  

/ reɪdʒ /

noun

1. intense anger; fury

2. violent movement or action, esp of the sea, wind, etc

3. great intensity of hunger, sexual desire, or other feelings

4. aggressive behaviour associated with a specified environment or activity

   road rage

   school rage

5. a fashion or craze (esp in the phrase all the rage )

6. informal a dance or party

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verb

1. to feel or exhibit intense anger

2. (esp of storms, fires, etc) to move or surge with great violence

3. (esp of a disease or epidemic) to spread rapidly and uncontrollably

4. informal to have a good time

rage More Idioms  

1. see all the rage.

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Related Words

See anger.

Other Word Forms

• rageful adjective
• ragingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of rage

First recorded in 1250–1300; (for the noun) Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rabia, Latin rabiēs “madness” ( rabies ( def. ) ), derivative of rabere “to be mad, rave”; verb derivative of the noun

Example Sentences

But he has raged at Powell in the years since, frustrated that the former private-equity investor hasn’t sought out or heeded his views on where to set rates.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’m still groggy, but a rage is starting to build in me.

From Literature

With the war still raging, he hopes his achievements can stand as one more source of Ukrainian pride.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the images proliferated "I had ... this sort of desire to hide myself," the 36-year-old academic said, adding now "that fear has been more replaced with rage".

From Barron's

As an Iranian-American who knows the history of my ancestral country, I call them a revolution, one that is rooted in memory as much as rage.

From Salon

Related Words

• animosity
• bitterness
• exasperation
• excitement
• frenzy
• furor
• fury
• indignation
• irritation
• madness
• mania
• obsession
• outburst
• passion
• resentment
• temper
• violence