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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.

Idioms

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)

Related formsrage·ful, adjectiverag·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms for rage

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1. wrath, frenzy, passion, ire, madness. 3. turbulence. 6. eagerness, vehemence. 7. vogue, fad, fashion, craze. 9, 10. rave, fume, storm.

Synonym study

1. See anger.

Antonyms for rage

1. calm.

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Related Words for raged

rampage, roar, erupt, seethe, tear, chafe, fulminate, bristle, rant, fume, scold, splutter, surge, yell, steam, storm, rave, overflow, scream, fret

Examples from the Web for raged

Contemporary Examples of raged

Ford Madox Ford raged against English novelists from Henry Fielding to George Meredith.
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Nick Romeo
November 27, 2014
Where will they seek shelter in times of war, like the fighting that has raged in Gaza for almost three weeks?
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July 26, 2014
He attacked the EPA and raged against Fast and Furious and the IRS.
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June 23, 2014
A fire in the cockpit had raged out of control in a matter of minutes and the pilots lost control.
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April 9, 2014
Rep. Steve King raged that this would allow illegals to “smuggle themselves into the military.”
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April 7, 2014

Historical Examples of raged

The Bretons mourned and raged at the loss of their young duke.
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II
Charlotte Mary Yonge
Napoleon, the prisoner in the school "lock-up," raged for a while like a caged lion.
The Boy Life of Napoleon
Eugenie Foa
The battle now raged with the most dreadful violence, when, lo!
Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2
Henry Fielding
He could have raged and railed against his fate like any madman.
The Black Bag
Louis Joseph Vance
We now come to La Terre around which the greatest controversy has raged.
A Zola Dictionary
J. G. Patterson

British Dictionary definitions for raged

rage

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

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Word Origin and History for raged

rage

c.1300, "madness, insanity; fit of frenzy; anger, wrath; fierceness in battle; violence of storm, fire, etc.," from Old French rage, raige "spirit, passion, rage, fury, madness" (11c.), from Medieval Latin rabia, from Latin rabies "madness, rage, fury," related to rabere "be mad, rave" (cf. rabies, which originally had this sense), from PIE *rebh- "violent, impetuous" (cf. Old English rabbian "to rage"). Similarly, Welsh (cynddaredd) and Breton (kounnar) words for "rage, fury" originally meant "hydrophobia" and are compounds based on the word for "dog" (Welsh ci, plural cwn; Breton ki). In 15c.-16c. it also could mean "rabies." The rage "fashion, vogue" dates from 1785.

rage

mid-13c., "to play, romp," from rage (n.). Meanings "be furious; speak passionately; go mad" first recorded c.1300. Of things from 1530s. Related: Raged; raging.

Idioms and Phrases with raged

rage

see all the rage.