Rage
[reɪdʒ] or [redʒ]
Definition
(noun.) violent state of the elements; 'the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks'.
(noun.) a state of extreme anger; 'she fell into a rage and refused to answer'.
(noun.) something that is desired intensely; 'his rage for fame destroyed him'.
(verb.) feel intense anger; 'Rage against the dying of the light!'.
(verb.) be violent; as of fires and storms.
Checker: Zelig--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.
(n.) Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.
(n.) A violent or raging wind.
(n.) The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage.
(n.) To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.
(n.) To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds.
(n.) To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo.
(n.) To toy or act wantonly; to sport.
(v. t.) To enrage.
Typist: Mag
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fury, frenzy, FUROR, passion, madness, raving, violent anger.[2]. Extreme eagerness, vehement desire.[3]. [Colloquial.] Fashion, vogue, mode.
v. n. Rave, storm, fume, be violent, be furious.
Edited by Ellis
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fury, rabidity, choler, indignation, frenzy, auger, ire, dudgeon, mania,passion, madness, ferocity
ANT:Reason, moderation, gentleness, temperateness, calmness, quiescence,mitigation, assuagement, tranquillity, mildness, softness
SYN:Rave, storm, fume, be_furious, be_violent
ANT:Be_calm, be_composed, be_peaceful
Editor: Paula
Definition
n. violent excitement: enthusiasm: rapture: furious anger: intensity: any object much sought after the fashion.—v.i. to be furious with anger: to exercise fury: to prevail fatally as a disease: to be violently agitated as the waves.—v.t. to enrage.—adjs. Rage′ful full of rage furious; Rā′ging acting with rage violence or fury.—adv. Rā′gingly.—All the rage (coll.) quite the fashion.
Checked by Cecily
Unserious Contents or Definition
To be in a rage and scolding and tearing up things generally, while dreaming, signifies quarrels, and injury to your friends. To see others in a rage, is a sign of unfavorable conditions for business, and unhappiness in social life. For a young woman to see her lover in a rage, denotes that there will be some discordant note in their love, and misunderstandings will naturally occur.
Typist: Moira
Examples
- Then her colour came up, a heavy rage came over her like a cloud. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He gnashed his teeth with rage, tore the hair from his head, and assailed with horrid imprecations the men who had been intrusted with the writ. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He gasped out at various intervals these exclamations of rage and grief. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Was it of him you spoke in your ungovernable rage and violence? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Old Mr. Wardle foamed with rage and excitement. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Don't get into a rage. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- With the death of the babe his fit of demoniacal rage passed as suddenly as it had seized him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The hell with it, Pilar raged. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Her rich black hair was all about her face, her face was flushed and hot, and as she sobbed and raged, she plucked at her lips with an unsparing hand. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The issue thus being joined, the legal battle raged over different sections of the country. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Because you have known perfectly that I was en-r-r-r-raged! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I feared no carriage would comethe white tempest raged so dense and wild. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The disclosure was made, and the storm raged fearfully. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It rained still, and blew; but with more clemency, I thought, than it had poured and raged all day. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The smoke, gases, and ashes left in the path of a raging forest fire are no compensation to us for the valuable timber destroyed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- To me, you brought it; on me, you forced it; and the bottom of this raging sea,' striking himself upon the breast, 'has been heaved up ever since. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- First of a' he must go raging like a mad fool, and kick up yon riot. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- What power this woman has to keep these raging passions down! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have started up so vividly impressed by it, that its fury has yet seemed raging in my quiet room, in the still night. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Hold of it was lost in the raging fever of a nation, as it is in the fever of one patient. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Jo had burned the skin off her nose boating, and got a raging headache by reading too long. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- War rages yet with the audacious Boythorn, though at uncertain intervals, and now hotly, and now coolly, flickering like an unsteady fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Violent blasts of rain had accompanied these rages of wind, and the day just closed as I sat down to read had been the worst of all. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Editor: Will