rage

[ reyj ]

/ reɪdʒ /

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noun

angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.

a fit of violent anger: Her rages usually don't last too long.

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

violence of feeling, desire, or appetite: the rage of thirst.

a violent desire or passion.

ardor; fervor; enthusiasm: poetic rage.

the object of widespread enthusiasm, as for being popular or fashionable: Raccoon coats were the rage on campus.

Archaic. insanity.

verb (used without object), raged, rag·ing.

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

to move, rush, dash, or surge furiously.

to proceed, continue, or prevail with great violence: The battle raged ten days.

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

Words nearby rage

raga, ragamuffin, ragbag, ragbolt, ragdoll, rage, rage quit, ragfish, ragga, ragged, ragged edge

Idioms for rage

all the rage, widely popular or in style.

Origin of rage

1250–1300; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Late Latin rabia, Latin rabiēs madness, rage, derivative of rabere to rage; (v.) ragen < Old French ragier, derivative of rage (noun)

SYNONYMS FOR rage

1 wrath, frenzy, passion, ire, madness.

3 turbulence.

6 eagerness, vehemence.

7 vogue, fad, fashion, craze.

9, 10 rave, fume, storm.

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ANTONYMS FOR rage

1 calm.

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OTHER WORDS FROM rage

rage·ful, adjectiverag·ing·ly, adverb

synonym study for rage

1. See anger.

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Examples from the Web for rage

The rage that Marvin has embodied, a man on the edge of eruption, is always a badly wounded man.
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Yes, these days, Nazism is all the rage in the land formerly known as Siam.
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This was all the rage among Bible scholars in the nineteenth century.
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The song is about rage and fury and passion, and I had a lot of pain that I wanted to release.
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It was in one of his fits of rage and remorse that Charley had asked Cherrie to fly with him.
A Changed Heart|May Agnes Fleming
Madame, however, paid but little heed to Kathleen; she was beside herself with rage.
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Appalled, almost unmanned, I bowed my head still lower as the quick tears of rage wet my lashes.
The Reckoning|Robert W. Chambers
She finally opened the door to her husband who was boiling with rage.
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Flames of anger scorched Geronimo's cheeks, and rage ate at his heart.
The Story of Geronimo|James Arthur Kjelgaard

British Dictionary definitions for rage

rage

/ (reɪdʒ) /

noun

intense anger; fury

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

great intensity of hunger, sexual desire, or other feelings

aggressive behaviour associated with a specified environment or activityroad rage; school rage

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

Australian and NZ informal a dance or party

verb (intr)

to feel or exhibit intense anger

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

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

Australian and NZ informal to have a good time

Word Origin for rage

C13: via Old French from Latin rabiēs madness

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with rage

rage

see all the rage.

rage

noun

verb (used without object), raged, rag·ing.

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noun

verb (intr)

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