Rage definition and meaning
Rage definition: Rage is strong anger that is difficult to control. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
Definition of ’rage’
rage
(
r
eɪ
dʒ
)
Word forms:
rages
,
raging
,
raged
1.
variable noun
Rage
is strong anger that is difficult to control.
He was red-cheeked with rage.
2.
intransitive verb
rages
when it continues with great force or violence.
Train service was halted as the fire raged for more than four hours.
3.
intransitive verb
rage
about something, you speak or think very angrily about it.
Monroe was on the phone, raging about her mistreatment by the brothers.
Inside, Frannie was raging.
4.
uncountable noun
a particular
rage
, especially when this results in violent or aggressive behavior.
Cabin crews are reporting up to nine cases of air rage a week.
5.
rage
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rage
in American English
(
reɪdʒ
)
noun
1.
Obsolete
2.
3.
4.
verb intransitive
Word forms:
raged
or
ˈraging
5.
6.
a
raging
sea, a
raging
fever
7.
SIMILAR WORDS:
ˈanger
,
ˈfashion
Idioms:
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ragingly
(
ˈragingly
)
adverb
OFr < LL
rabia,
rage, madness; akin to
rabere,
to rage: see
rabid
rage
in American English
(
reidʒ
)
(
verb
raged
,
raging
)
noun
1.
angry
fury; violent anger
2.
3.
4.
appetite
5.
passion
6.
7.
8.
archaic
9.
See
all the rage
intransitive verb
10.
11.
12.
13.
(
of feelings, opinions, etc.
)
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rageful
adjective
ragingly
adverb
[
1250–1300; (n.) ME ‹ OF ‹ LL
rabia
, L
rabiēs
madness, rage, deriv. of
rabere
to rage; (v.)
ragen
‹ OF
ragier
, deriv. of
rage
(n.)
]
rage
in British English
(
reɪdʒ
)
noun
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Australian
and New Zealand
informal
verb
(
intransitive
)
7.
8.
9.
10.
Australian
and New Zealand
informal
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C13: via Old French from Latin
rabiēs
madness
Examples of ‘rage’ in a sentence rage
Having another
seat
close
in
front
is increasingly
blamed
by
experts
for a
rise
in air rage.
The Sun
(
2016
)
Angola
was embroiled in a
civil
war that would rage for another
five
years
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2017
)
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
There was some
serious
rage for about 20
minutes
after.
The Sun
(
2017
)
That’s what you
call
road rage.
The Sun
(
2016
)
It wasn’t rage or anger.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
People raged about them too.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
MY 12-year-old
daughter
came
home
early
from
school
last
week
with a raging
temperature
and feeling
sick
.
The Sun
(
2016
)
In
spite
of a
ceasefire
agreement
, the war
still
rages
inside
this no-go
zone
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
The
scene
was set for a
spectacular
ice
war which would rage for weeks that
winter
.
Gavin Weightman
THE FROZEN WATER TRADE
(
2002
)
Tell
your
wife
her
son
must control his rage or he
risks
prison
.
The Sun
(
2016
)
All this rage and anger
will
lead
nowhere
good.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2013
)
These
sensations
may have been
brought
on
partly
by raging hunger.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2006
)
Where was the rage and the fury?
Times, Sunday Times
(
2015
)
While the violence raged the
rescue
teams
were making
preparations
to
intervene
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2012
)
It continues to be a
topic
of raging intensity.
The Sun
(
2014
)
We are
seeing
an epidemic of rage against the
machine
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
There was a
lot
of rage in the air.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2012
)
He is
said
to have
killed
his daughter in a
moment
of rage.
The Sun
(
2016
)
Instead
they were
sent
straight
to the
western
mountains
where they found
battles
raging.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2011
)
This
triggered
the civil war which rages on
today
.
The Sun
(
2013
)
That may not be
simple
road rage.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2010
)
Next
we will be
calling
him
renaissance
man
rather
than raging
bull
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2006
)
The
mystery
of who that
witness
was has raged all week.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2010
)
One man who
lost
his wife was
nearly
out of control with his rage.
Christianity Today
(
2000
)
He is
frank
about these rages.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2010
)
Yes,
green
lipstick
was the rage at the time.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2012
)
Sometimes
it is part of a rage about her condition, sometimes she means it.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2012
)
The
crisis
summoned
a
whole
spectrum
of emotions within him… from intense
love
to raging anger.
The Sun
(
2012
)
And intense
thunderstorms
raged across the country through much of
June
in what was
also
an intensely
hot
summer
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2011
)
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In other languages rage
American English
:
ˈreɪdʒ
/
Arabic
:
غَضَب
Brazilian Portuguese
:
raiva
Chinese
:
Croatian
:
gnjev
Czech
:
vztek
Danish
:
raseri
Dutch
:
woede
European Spanish
:
Finnish
:
raivo
French
:
German
:
Greek
:
οργή
Italian
:
Japanese
:
激怒
Korean
:
분노
Norwegian
:
raseri
Polish
:
wściekłość
European Portuguese
:
Romanian
:
furie
Russian
:
ярость
Spanish
:
Swedish
:
ilska
Thai
:
ความเดือดดาล
Turkish
:
hiddet
Ukrainian
:
гнів
Vietnamese
:
cơn thịnh nộ
British English
:
VERB
/
reɪdʒ
/
rages
when it continues with great force or violence.
American English
:
ˈreɪdʒ
/
Brazilian Portuguese
:
assolar
Chinese
:
European Spanish
:
rugir con rabia
French
:
German
:
Italian
:
Japanese
:
猛威をふるう
Korean
:
격노하다
극단적인
European Portuguese
:
Spanish
:
avanzar rugiendo
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Source
rage
from the
Collins English Dictionary
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