Rage definition
To move with great violence or intensity.
A storm raged through the mountains.
verb
A furious, uncontrolled anger; esp., a brief spell of raving fury.
noun
To show violent anger in action or speech.
verb
To spread or prevail forcefully.
The plague raged for months.
verb
(obs.) Insanity.
noun
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A great force, violence, or intensity, as of the wind.
noun
Strong emotion, enthusiasm, or desire.
noun
Furious intensity, as of a storm or disease.
noun
A burning desire; a passion.
A rage for innovation in music.
noun
To be forceful, violent, uncontrolled, etc.
A raging sea, a raging fever.
verb
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To spread unchecked, as a disease.
verb
Violent, explosive anger.
noun
A fit of anger.
noun
To speak or act in violent anger.
Raged at the mindless bureaucracy.
verb
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Rage is an intense, uncontrolled anger or a great force.
An example of rage is someone screaming at the top of their lungs, holding a bat and charging toward another person.
An example of rage is the force of a tornado.
noun
A current, eagerly adopted fashion; a fad or craze.
When torn jeans were all the rage.
noun
Violent, explosive anger.
noun
A fit of anger.
noun
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Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859)
He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.
noun
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
Convulsed with a rage of grief.
noun
(intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.
verb
(intransitive) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.
verb
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(all) the rage
- anything arousing widespread enthusiasm or interest; craze; fad
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
rage
Plural:
rages