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rage
[ reyj ]
noun
- angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
a speech full of rage;
incidents of road rage.
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- a fit of violent anger:
Her rages usually don't last too long.
- fury or violence of wind, waves, fire, disease, etc.
Synonyms:
- violence of feeling, desire, or appetite:
the rage of thirst.
- a violent desire or passion.
- ardor; fervor; enthusiasm:
poetic rage.
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- the object of widespread enthusiasm, as for being popular or fashionable:
Raccoon coats were the rage on campus.
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- Archaic. insanity.
verb (used without object)
- to act or speak with fury; show or feel violent anger; fulminate.
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- to move, rush, dash, or surge furiously.
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- to proceed, continue, or prevail with great violence:
The battle raged ten days.
- (of feelings, opinions, etc.) to hold sway with unabated violence.
rage
/ ɪ /
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 activity
road rage
school rage
- a fashion or craze (esp in the phrase all the rage )
- informal.a dance or party
verb
- 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
- informal.to have a good time
Other Word Forms
- fܱ adjective
- iԲ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of rage1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rage1
Idioms and Phrases
- all the rage, widely popular or in style.
More idioms and phrases containing rage
see all the rage .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
When someone's rage is justified, such as when their family member has been disappeared to an El Salvadoran gulag for Kristi Noem's photo shoot, it's unsettling.
"But I want to turn the rage that I feel into ensuring that we stand with the Filipino community," he said in front of a police cruiser blocking access to the crime scene.
These elections are likely to result in real-life evidence of a political idea that's all the rage, that there's "fragmentation" among the public, the traditional voting blocs are no more.
A major fire is still raging at the site and pictures show huge, billowing black clouds over the wharfs.
It rages worse than ever with Trump openly selling out Ukraine.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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