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rage



rage [rage rages raged raging] noun, verb BrE [reɪdʒ] NAmE [reɪdʒ]
noun
1. uncountable, countable a feeling of violent anger that is difficult to control
His face was dark with rage.
to be shaking/trembling/speechless with rage
Sue stormed out of the room in a rage.
He flies into a rage if you even mention the subject.
2. uncountable (in compounds)anger and violent behaviour caused by a particular situation
a case of trolley rage in the supermarket
see also road rage

Word Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘madness’): from Old French rage (noun), rager (verb), from a variant of Latin rabies, from rabere ‘rave’.

Example Bank:
‘How dare you!’ she said, her voice choked with rage.
A motorist was assaulted in a road rage attack.
Blind rage consumed him.
He flew into a rage at the insult.
He gave a roar of rage and punched me in the face.
He glared at me, quite beside himself with rage.
He left in a rage of humiliation.
He managed to master his rage.
He punched the wall in a fit of rage.
He was boiling with rage at the unfairness of it all.
He was filled with rage.
He was in a towering rage about his lost watch.
He was literally shaking with rage.
He was prone to violent rages.
Her eyes were burning with rage.
Her rage boiled over as she burst into tears.
Her voice was trembling with rage.
His answer only seemed to fuel her rage.
His rage suddenly erupted.
His rage was beginning to subside.
I was seething with rage.
If something's too difficult she gets in a rage.
Ron felt rage boil up inside him.
She felt the rage building up inside her.
She killed him in a rage of despair.
She smashed up his car in a drunken rage.
She started hitting him in a drunken rage.
She was burning with impotent rage.
The people vented their rage on government buildings.
She stormed out of the room in a rage.
Sue stormed out in a rage.
Idiom:all the rage
 
verb
1. intransitive, transitive to show that you are very angry about sth or with sb, especially by shouting
Syn: rail
~ (at/against/about sb/sth) He raged against the injustice of it all.
+ speech ‘That's unfair!’ she raged.
2. intransitive ~ (on) (of a storm, a battle, an argument, etc.)to continue in a violent way
The riots raged for three days.
The blizzard was still raging outside.
3. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) (of an illness, a fire, etc.)to spread very quickly
Forest fires were raging out of control.
A flu epidemic raged through Europe.
4. intransitive (AustralE, NZE, slang)to go out and enjoy yourself
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘madness’): from Old French rage (noun), rager (verb), from a variant of Latin rabies, from rabere ‘rave’.

Example Bank:
Even the dogs were quiet while the heated quarrel raged around them.
Fire raged through the forest.
I raged inwardly against his injustice.
She tried to control the fury raging within her.
She was still raging about the treatment she had received.
The argument still rages on.
The storm raged unabated.
The team was left raging at the referee's decision.

 

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