Rage (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage;incidents of road rage.
  2. a fit of violent anger: Her rages usually don't last too long.
  3. fury or violence of wind, waves, fire, disease, etc.
  4. violence of feeling, desire, or appetite: the rage of thirst.
  5. a violent desire or passion.
  6. ardor; fervor; enthusiasm: poetic rage.
  7. the object of widespread enthusiasm, as for being popular or fashionable: Raccoon coats were the rage on campus.
  8. insanity.
verb (used without object), raged, rag·ing.
  1. to act or speak with fury; show or feel violent anger; fulminate.
  2. to move, rush, dash, or surge furiously.
  3. to proceed, continue, or prevail with great violence: The battle raged ten days.
  4. (of feelings, opinions, etc.) to hold sway with unabated violence.
Idioms
  1. widely popular or in style.
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
  5. a fashion or craze (esp in the phrase all the rage)
  6. a dance or party
verb (intr)
  1. to feel or exhibit intense anger
  2. (esp of storms, fires, etc) to move or surge with great violence
  3. (esp of a disease or epidemic) to spread rapidly and uncontrollably
  4. to have a good time
Rage (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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