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   rage

   /reɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. violent uncontrollable anger: "her face was distorted with rage" Similar temperfit of rage/fury/anger/temperfit of bad/ill tempertowering ragebad temperpetfit of piquetantrumfuryfrenzy of rage/angerrampageparoxysm of rage/angerpassionbad moodmoodmardinformal:grumpstropstateblowouthissy fitinformal, dated:batewaxskidarchaic:paddywhack
   • ▪ anger or aggression associated with conflict arising from a particular situation: "office rage is on the increase" Similar furyangerwrathoutrageindignationpassionhot temperspleenresentmentpiqueannoyancevexationexasperationdispleasurebitternessrancourantagonismhostilityair rageliterary:irecholerOpposite calmness
   • ▪ the violent action of a natural agency: "the rising rage of the sea"
   • 2. a vehement desire or passion: "a rage for absolute honesty informs much western art" Similar crazepassionfashiontastedesirecravingappetitetrendvoguefadenthusiasmloveobsessioncompulsionweaknessfondnessfixationfetishmaniafascinationpreoccupationinformal:thingyenrare:cacoethes
   • ▪ a widespread temporary enthusiasm or fashion: "computer games are all the rage"
   • ▪ prophetic, poetic, or martial enthusiasm or ardour: literary "Leaden Age, Quicken'd with Youthfull Spleene, and Warlike Rage"
   • 3. a lively party: informal Australian, New Zealand "the sound of the rage filled the campus"

   verb

   • 1. feel or express violent uncontrollable anger: "he raged at the futility of it all" Similar be angrybe furiousbe enragedbe incensedbe infuriatedseethebe beside oneselfhave a fitboilbe boiling overrantraverant and ravestormfumespitbreathe fireburninformal:be lividbe wildjump up and downfroth/foam at the mouthbe steamed uphave steam coming out of one's earsdo one's head/nut inspit feathersprotest strongly atcomplain vociferously aboutdisagree violently withoppose stronglydenouncefulminatestorminveighrailkickexpostulatemake a fuss aboutinformal:kick up a fuss/stink about
   • ▪ continue with great force or intensity: "the argument raged for days" Similar be violentbe at its heightbe turbulentbe tempestuousbe uncontrollablethunderrampage
   • ▪ (of an illness or fire) spread very rapidly or uncontrollably: "the great cholera epidemic which raged across Europe in 1831"
   • ▪ (of an emotion) have or reach a high degree of intensity: "she couldn't hide the fear that raged within her"
   • 2. enjoy oneself at a party or other lively gathering, typically with drinking and music: informal "we're gonna rage through the weekend"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘madness’): from Old French rage (noun), rager (verb), from a variant of Latin rabies (see rabies).

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