Rage Definition

rāj

raged, rages, raging

noun

rages

Insanity.

Webster's New World

Violent, explosive anger.

American Heritage Medicine

A fit of anger.

American Heritage Medicine

A furious, uncontrolled anger; esp., a brief spell of raving fury.

Webster's New World

A great force, violence, or intensity, as of the wind.

Webster's New World

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verb

raged, rages, raging

To show violent anger in action or speech.

Webster's New World

To be forceful, violent, uncontrolled, etc.

A raging sea, a raging fever.

Webster's New World

To move with great violence or intensity.

A storm raged through the mountains.

American Heritage

To spread unchecked, as a disease.

Webster's New World

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idiom

(all) the rage

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Rage

Singular:

rage

Plural:

rages

Middle English from Old French from Vulgar Latin rabia from Latin rabiēs from rabere to be mad

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old French raige, rage (French: rage), from Medieval Latin rabia, from Latin rabies (“anger fury").

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