About The Word Rage
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Rage
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What's The Definition Of Rage?
[n] an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
[n] a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [n] violent state of the elements; "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks" [n] a state of extreme anger; "she fell into a rage and refused to answer" [n] something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him" [v] feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!" [v] be violent; as of fires and storms [v] behave violently, as if in a great rage Synonyms | Synonyms for Rage: craze | cult | fad | furor | furore | fury | madness | passion | ramp | storm Related Terms | Find terms related to Rage: See Also | act | anger | anger | angriness | be | behave | blow up | choler | combust | desire | do | fashion | ire | lividity | throw a fit | violence | wrath Rage In Webster's Dictionary \Rage\, n. [F., fr. L. rabies, fr. rabere to rave; cf. Skr.
rabh to seize, rabhas violence. Cf. {Rabid}, {Rabies},
{Rave}.]
1. Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of
desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will. ``In
great rage of pain.'' --Bacon.
He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of
broken meat. --Macaulay.
Convulsed with a rage of grief. --Hawthorne.
2. Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering
wrath; violent anger; fury.
torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
--Milton.
3. A violent or raging wind. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
4. The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after,
or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as,
to be all the rage.
Syn: Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See
{Anger}.
\Rage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raging}.] [OF. ragier. See {Rage}, n.] 1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. ``Whereat he inly raged.'' --Milton. When one so great begins to rage, he a hunted Even to falling. --Shak. 2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds. Why do the heathen rage ? --Ps. ii. 1. The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. --Milton. 3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo. 4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: To storm; fret; chafe; fume. \Rage\, v. t. To enrage. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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