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Rage

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Noun

1. fury, madness, rage

a feeling of intense anger

Example Sentences:
'hell hath no fury like a woman scorned'
'his face turned red with rage'

2. rage

a state of extreme anger

Example Sentences:
'she fell into a rage and refused to answer'

3. passion, rage

something that is desired intensely

Example Sentences:
'his rage for fame destroyed him'

4. rage

violent state of the elements

Example Sentences:
'the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks'

5. craze, cult, fad, furor, furore, rage

an interest followed with exaggerated zeal

Example Sentences:
'he always follows the latest fads'
'it was all the rage that season'

Verb

6. rage, ramp, storm

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

7. rage

be violent; as of fires and storms

8. rage

feel intense anger

Example Sentences:
'Rage against the dying of the light!'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rage

see synonyms of rage
noun
1. 
intense anger; fury
2. 
violent movement or action, esp of the sea, wind, etc
3. 
great intensity of hunger, sexual desire, or other feelings
4. 
aggressive behaviour associated with a specified environment or activity
road rage
school rage
5. 
a fashion or craze (esp in the phrase all the rage)
6. Australian and New Zealand informal
a dance or party
verb (intransitive)
7. 
to feel or exhibit intense anger
8. 
(esp of storms, fires, etc) to move or surge with great violence
9. 
(esp of a disease or epidemic) to spread rapidly and uncontrollably
10. Australian and New Zealand informal
to have a good time

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rage

see synonyms of rage
noun
1.  Obsolete
insanity
2. 
a furious, uncontrolled anger; esp., a brief spell of raving fury
3. 
a great force, violence, or intensity, as of the wind
4. 
strong emotion, enthusiasm, or desire
verb intransitiveWord forms: raged or ˈraging
5. 
to show violent anger in action or speech
6. 
to be forceful, violent, uncontrolled, etc.
a raging sea, a raging fever
7. 
to spread unchecked, as a disease

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rage

see synonyms of rage
n.
1.
a. Violent, explosive anger. See Synonyms at anger.
b. A fit of anger.
2. Furious intensity, as of a storm or disease.
3. A burning desire; a passion: a rage for innovation in music.
4. A current, eagerly adopted fashion; a fad or craze: when torn jeans were all the rage.
intr.v. raged, rag·ing, rag·es
1. To speak or act in violent anger: raged at the mindless bureaucracy.
2. To move with great violence or intensity: A storm raged through the mountains.
3. To spread or prevail forcefully: The plague raged for months.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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