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Rage

//ɹeɪd͡ʒ// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Violent uncontrolled anger. countable, uncountable

    "Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd."

  2. 2
    an interest followed with exaggerated zeal wordnet
  3. 3
    A current fashion or fad. countable, uncountable

    "Miniskirts were all the rage back then."

  4. 4
    a feeling of intense anger wordnet
  5. 5
    An exciting and boisterous party. Australia, New-Zealand, US, countable, slang, uncountable

    "That evening, Felix and Trish Homer invited me to the Sundancer for "a bit of a rage.""

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  1. 6
    violent state of the elements wordnet
  2. 7
    A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths. countable, uncountable

    "Tripp At Knight feels like a Carti homage, but while it certainly gestures towards the rage sound, Trippie’s imitation of Carti is largely rooted in 2019 rather than 2021."

  3. 8
    a state of extreme anger wordnet
  4. 9
    Any vehement passion. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "And your true rights be termed a poet's rage"

  5. 10
    something that is desired intensely wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To act or speak in heightened anger. intransitive

    "When a Muslim politician held a 50th birthday party, he [Zaharan Hashim] raged about how Western infidel traditions were poisoning his hometown, Kattankudy."

  2. 2
    feel intense anger wordnet
  3. 3
    To move with great violence, as a storm etc. figuratively, sometimes

    "Horrible diſcord, and the madding Wheeles / Of brazen Chariots rag'd; dire was the noiſe / Of conflict; over head the diſmal hiſs / Of fiery Darts in flaming volies flew, / And flying vaulted either Hoſt with fire."

  4. 4
    be violent; as of fires and storms wordnet
  5. 5
    To party hard; to have a good time. Australia, New-Zealand, US, slang

    "These events are all about raging hard, getting as fucked up as you can. Not necessarily even about dancing, just being a face in this giant extravaganza."

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  1. 6
    behave violently, as if in state of a great anger wordnet
  2. 7
    To enrage. obsolete, rare

    "The King is come, deale mildly with his youth, / For young hot Colts, being rag'd, do rage the more."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English ragen, from Old French rager, ragier, from the noun (see above). Displaced native Middle English weden (“to rage with anger”), from Old English wēdan (“to rage”), and Old English iersian, among other synonyms.

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