English Explanatory Dictionary

rage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Violent uncontrolled anger.
  2. A current fashion or fad.
  3. An exciting and boisterous party.
  4. A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
  5. Any vehement passion.
verb
  1. To act or speak in heightened anger.
  2. To move with great violence, as a storm etc.
  3. To party hard; to have a good time.
  4. To enrage.

Pronunciation

/ɹeɪd͡ʒ/ en-us-rage.ogg

Word forms

rage rages raging raged

Etymology

Etymology tree Classical Latin rabiō Proto-Italic *-jēs Classical Latin -iēs Classical Latin rabiēs Late Latin rabia Anglo-Norman ragebor. Middle English rage English rage From Middle English rage, from Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). Doublet of rabies. Displaced native Middle English wode, from Old English wōd ("madness, fury, rage"; compare Modern dialectal English wood (“mad, insane, furious, raging”)); and Middle English hotherte (“anger”), from Old English hātheort (“fury, anger, wrath, rage”).

Synonyms

fury ire apoplexy rager fume foam at the mouth frenzy froth at the mouth let rip lose it rampage rant rage rave see red seethe storm

Related words

assault make a scene anger angry tantrum

Derived words

air rage all the rage arage black rage defense blind rage computer rage dage day of rage desk rage fly into a rage frustrage outrage paradoxical rage reaction pavement rage rageaholic ragebait rage boner rage clean rage comic rage farm rageful rage game rageholic rageless ragelike rageous ragepost ragequit rage quit rage quitter rager rage room ragesome rage syndrome ragetweet ragey road rage 'roid rage roid rage trolley rage unrage work rage wrap rage raging agreement raging mad road-raging
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