RAGE

fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage

(noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; “he always follows the latest fads”; “it was all the rage that season”

fury, rage, madness

(noun) a feeling of intense anger; “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”; “his face turned red with rage”

rage

(noun) violent state of the elements; “the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks”

rage

(noun) a state of extreme anger; “she fell into a rage and refused to answer”

rage, passion

(noun) something that is desired intensely; “his rage for fame destroyed him”

rage

(verb) feel intense anger; “Rage against the dying of the light!”

rage

(verb) be violent; as of fires and storms

ramp, rage, storm

(verb) behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

rage (countable and uncountable, plural rages)

Violent uncontrolled anger.

A current fashion or fad.

(obsolete) Any vehement passion.

Synonyms

• fury

• ire

Verb

rage (third-person singular simple present rages, present participle raging, simple past and past participle raged)

(intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.

(intransitive) (sometimes, figurative) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.

(obsolete) To enrage.

Anagrams

• Ager, GRAE, Gera, Rega, ager, areg, gare, gear

Source: Wiktionary

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Rage, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. rabies, fr. rabere to rave; cf. Skr. rabh to seize, rabhas violence. Cf. Rabid, Rabies, Rave.]

1. Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will. "In great rage of pain." Bacon. He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay. Convulsed with a rage of grief. Hawthorne.

2. Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury. torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton.

3. A violent or raging wind. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage.

Syn.

– Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See Anger.

Rage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raged; p. pr. & vb. n. Raging.] Etym: [OF. ragier. See Rage, n.]

1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged." Milton. When one so great begins to rage, he a hunted Even to falling. Shak.

2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds. Why do the heathen rage Ps. ii. 1. The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. Milton.

3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo.

4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Syn.

– To storm; fret; chafe; fume.

Rage, v. t.

Definition: To enrage. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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