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.

OTHER WORDS 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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OPPOSITES FOR rage

1 calm.

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Idioms about 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)

synonym study for rage

1. See anger.

OTHER WORDS FROM rage

rageful, adjectiverag·ing·ly, adverb

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How to use rage in a sentence

The difference was that these first suffragists, from more privileged backgrounds than Norman’s, knew how to channel their considerable rage into words.
A shocking 19th-century crime reveals the continued need for gender equality|Julie Miller|December 27, 2020|Washington Post
Meanwhile at home the nation’s mood is increasingly tense and angry as Americans are bombarded all day, every day with a constant stream of news about protests, boycotts, disruption, despair and rage.
Dave Barry’s Year in Review 2020|Dave Barry|December 27, 2020|Washington Post
So-called robo-advisers may be all the rage, but Sequoia Capital is betting that humans will still hold a prominent place in helping people make investment decisions.
Vise, a company founded by two high school graduates, raises $45 million in funding with Sequoia at the helm|Lucinda Shen|December 15, 2020|Fortune
For many, she says, the “excuses were perhaps political, but their rage, and denial, and fear seemed more about deep sadness regarding their loss of control, and all the other pain and grief they’ve been carrying around.”
The story behind ‘And the People Stayed Home,’ the little poem that became so much more|Nora Krug|December 10, 2020|Washington Post

Social constructivists were all the rage and that collision with my scientific world view was a real challenge.
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives - Issue 93: Forerunners|Alan Lightman, Hope Jahren, Robert Sapolsky,|December 2, 2020|Nautilus
Speculation raged that Duke agreed not to run as part of the deal, though it was never proven.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As the fight raged on, Ahmed and the three women fighters who were part of the mission, sent out calls for help.
The Brothers Who Ambushed ISIS|Mohammed A. Salih|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ford Madox Ford raged against English novelists from Henry Fielding to George Meredith.
The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the fighting raged we sat and baked in the sun waiting to be brought closer.
Are American Troops Already Fighting on the Front Lines in Iraq?|Ford Sypher|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Wednesday night, as the main stage acts raged, Capt. Chris Slayman cruised the perimeter of the Gathering.
A Report From the Misunderstood Gathering of the Juggalos|Steve Miller|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile the cabal against the ruined Ripperda raged with redoubled fury in the Spanish cabinet.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
A furious storm raged at the time, which destroyed two Swedish ships.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He and Mathieson p. 66did not always agree, and the clash of arms frequently raged between them.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Guiscard neither raged nor smiled, but walked into the ducal tent.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The battle raged for three hours, the combatants being finally within fifty yards of each other.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman

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

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