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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction. Internet, countable, uncountable

   "Holonym: outrage culture"

Verb

1. 1
   To produce content that provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction. Internet
2. 2
   To annoy or upset through one's behavior. broadly, humorous, transitive

   "got ragebaited by my cat"

Synonyms

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flamebaitoutrage porntroll

Antonyms

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joybait

Example

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"That news website is infamous for its ragebait headlines."

Etymology

From rage + -bait (“manipulation to elicit a particular response”). Compare rage farm.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.