rage1 nounrage2 verb
ragerage1 /reɪdʒ/ ●●○ noun 
WORD ORIGINrage1
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French, Latin rabies ‘anger, wildness’, from rabere ‘to be wild with anger’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Brown killed his wife in a jealous rage.
- Vera's hands shook with rage as she read the letter.
- When we accused him of lying, he flew into a rage.
- But an Examiner computer analysis has uncovered a new trend: Human names are all the rage for canines.
- He bellowed with pain and rage, and sitting astride, continued punching her savagely in the face until she lay still.
- He gave a roar of rage, scrambled to his feet and turned round, his right arm raised.
- If he felt frozen, that was just what you would expect when rage went cold.
- In fact he is in a rage.
- It was all coming back, a fury of whiteness rushing against my head with violent percussive rage.
- They appeared to lack even what strength is needed to hold a glint of rage in their eyes.
THESAURUSextreme anger
a very strong feeling of anger: · The judge sparked fury when he freed a man who had attacked three women.· The decision caused fury among local people.
a very strong feeling of anger that is difficult to control or is expressed very suddenly or violently: · When we accused him of lying, he flew into a rage (=became very angry very suddenly).· Brown killed his wife in a jealous rage.
extreme anger and shock because you think something is unfair or wrong: · The racist comments caused outrage in India and Britain.
formal extreme anger: · Pietersen was the next to incur the wrath of the referee (=make him angry).
Longman Language Activatorangry feelings · He was finding it difficult to control his anger.· Sandra helped us deal with the grief and anger we felt over Patrick's death.feel anger towards · Andrea still feels a lot of anger towards her mom, who left when she was a little girl.do something in anger · I've said some things in anger that have almost cost my marriage.
slight anger or impatience: · It's such an annoyance to have to drive you everywhere.much to the annoyance of somebody: · I like to stay up late most nights, much to the annoyance of my girlfriend.· The meetings were held in secret, much to the annoyance of some members of Congress.
someone who has a temper has a tendency to become very angry suddenly: · Jill needs to learn to control her temper.· His wife left him because of his violent temper.bad temper: · There's one thing about Don that you should know - he's got a really bad temper.
a very strong feeling of anger that someone has that is either very difficult for them to control or is expressed very suddenly or violently: fly into a rage (=to suddenly became very angry): · When we accused him of lying, he flew into a rage.shake with rage (=to be so angry, you shake): · Vera's hands shook with rage as she read the letter.in a blind/jealous/terrible rage: · Brown killed his wife in a jealous rage.
the feeling of being annoyed, caused especially by a difficult or unpleasant situation that you are unable to change or control: · Students have spoken of their growing frustration with school administrators.· The discussion sessions help patients deal with some of the frustrations they may be feeling.
a feeling of anger because you feel that you are being treated badly or unfairly, and cannot do anything about it: · Patricia stared at the other girls with resentment.· Resentment and jealousy can often build up in relationships.resentment at/against/of: · She couldn't let go of her resentment over the divorce.
a feeling of extreme anger at something wrong, unfair, or immoral, especially among members of the public: · Several parents of affected children have written to the Prime Minister to express their outrage.· Any attempts to lessen his prison sentence will cause public outrage.
the feeling of being annoyed, caused especially by someone or something that is repeatedly annoying: irritation with: · Bailey expressed irritation with the inaccurate reports in the media.a source of irritation (=something that causes irritation): · The heavy traffic is a constant source of irritation.
the feeling of being very annoyed because you cannot control a situation, learn to do something, or understand something, even though you are trying very hard: exasperation with: · Many people express exasperation with the National Health Service, but most seem to prefer it to a private system.in exasperation: · He pounded the desk in exasperation.
to be fashionable if clothes, music, places, or activities are in fashion , they are fashionable and popular with many people at the present time: · Latin music is very much in fashion.· Surprisingly, flared trousers are in fashion again.· Country cottage furniture has been in fashion for a long time now.
to be fashionable: · I thought it looked ugly, but Iris said white suits were the fashion so I tried it on.be the fashion among somebody: · Wearing coats hanging off one shoulder is the fashion among schoolchildren at the moment.
informal to be the most recent and most popular fashion now: · When I was growing up, the video game "Pong" was the latest thing.· I know cigars are the in thing, but you'll never see me smoke one.be the latest thing in something: · Herbert's house looks like a factory , but it's the latest thing in modern architecture.be the in thing to do: · Having a holiday in Ibiza seems to be the in thing to do at the moment.
informal to be fashionable at the present time: · Long skirts are in at the moment.
if something, especially an activity, is all the rage , it is very fashionable, and popular with a lot of people, especially for a short time: · Before the war, ragtime was all the rage in the dancehalls.· Buying a cabin in the mountains may be all the rage at the moment, but is it really a sound investment?
if something, especially a style of music, decoration, art etc, is in vogue , it is fashionable at that time with a particular group of people: · Do you remember when New Wave music was in vogue?· His photographs, stark and sometimes shocking, are very much in vogue with young intellectuals.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
Alex gave another bellow of laughter. Mom and Dad will be beside themselves with worry. John pushed back his chair, bristling with rage. We both collapsed into helpless giggles. The prince was said to be incandescent with rage. Within minutes, the house had become a raging inferno. Maggie woke up with a raging thirst (=an extremely strong thirst). After five days of heavy rain the Telle river was a raging torrent (=a very violent torrent).
· His wife was shaking with rage.
· The injustice of it made Melissa seethe with rage.
· I was crying with rage and frustration.
(also fly into a rage) (=suddenly become very angry)· She knew her father would explode with rage if he found out.
phrases· Moran was in a rage about some tools that had been left out in the rain.
· Speechless with rage, he hurled the letter in the fire before storming out.
(=be so angry that you cannot control yourself)· They had been publicly humiliated and were beside themselves with rage.
formal (=be extremely angry)· The Queen was incandescent with rage.
· I could see she was white with rage.
· His face went purple with rage.
· Mike's usually calm face was contorted with rage.
· In a fit of rage, he seized the poor man by the shoulders and shouted at him.
· She remembered his cries of rage as he was taken away.
· Her eyes were now full of tears of rage.
adjectives· He killed his wife in a jealous rage.
· He smashed up his former girlfriend's car in a drunken rage.
(=extreme uncontrolled anger that makes someone violent)· He lashed out in a blind rage.
(=anger that makes someone capable of murder)· Captain Black was in a murderous rage.
(=extremely angry)· He was in a towering rage.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Alex gave another bellow of laughter. Mom and Dad will be beside themselves with worry. John pushed back his chair, bristling with rage. (=happens over a period of time and and involves strong feelings)· A national debate is now raging over the level of youth crime.
(=someone’s face is twisted out of its normal shape because they are angry)· Eve’s face was contorted with anger as she picked up the broken vase.
(=it burns strongly for a long time over a large area)· Fires were raging in the forest near Magleby.
We both collapsed into helpless giggles. The prince was said to be incandescent with rage. Within minutes, the house had become a raging inferno. (=is active and violent)· By the time we reached the airfield, a tropical storm was raging.
· The tears he shed were tears of joy.
Maggie woke up with a raging thirst (=an extremely strong thirst). After five days of heavy rain the Telle river was a raging torrent (=a very violent torrent). (=continues in a very violent way)· A civil war is still raging there.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· When she went home, there was still the scarlet mark of blind rage across her palms.· She bore him three children and he killed the children and her in a blind rage arranged by Hera.
· Puddephat was incandescent with rage, apparently.· The one thing that can be said in favour is that it sends vegans and animal rights activists incandescent with rage.
· Her jealous rage subsided; she stroked the horse's neck.· Rumors have swirled for years that Hearst shot Ince in a jealous rage.· It left him in a jealous rage and he wrongly accused his 47-year-old wife of having an affair.
· A red hot rage that made his hands tremble.· Ingmar's large, boozy face was red with rage.
· The moroseness; the sudden upsurges of rage.· Then a sudden roar of rage: the beefy tattooed barman.
NOUN· In February, he was dismissed from a truck driver's job for road rage.· If they are correct, his demise has to be the ultimate consequence of road rage.· You can respond to injustice with a tantrum and to road rage with a two-finger salute.· Consider the vogue of road rage.· A driving game which not only reduces road rage, it plays like a dream.· I hate to admit it, hut it's probably road rage.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► rage for somethingPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► road-rage/air-rage etc► be burning with rage/desire etc► purple with rage/purple in the face etc► in a towering rage
1[countable, uncountable] a strong feeling of uncontrollable anger: - Before the war, ragtime was all the rage in the dancehalls.
- Buying a cabin in the mountains may be all the rage at the moment, but is it really a sound investment?
- A few years ago, heat pumps were all the rage.
- Beau: Battledress is all the rage now for traffic patrol.
- Blackpatch Hill will be all the rage for the Bessborough Handicap whatever his price.
- But an Examiner computer analysis has uncovered a new trend: Human names are all the rage for canines.
- Financial engineering was all the rage.
- International equity issues are all the rage.
- When John Moores set up the first Littlewoods catalogue in 1932, housewives' shopping clubs were all the rage.
- I grabbed a chair in a blind panic but heard Dad call out, telling me to put it down.
- In that moment of almost blind panic, she doubted it.
- Not like shooting Sweet in a moment of blind panic.
- She bore him three children and he killed the children and her in a blind rage arranged by Hera.
- That relaxed, even jokey, presence we offer you is at times a front for blind panic.
- The mist thickened and hid it, and I knew a moment's blind panic.
- She turned her back again, her shoulders heaving, her eyes blind with tears.
- He flew into a rage with him and brained him with his lute.
- I flew into a rage and quit.
- I was made to feel like a petulant child who has flown into a temper because his favorite toy was removed.
- Maclean immediately flew into a rage.
- Mary's natural tendency to fly into a temper probably did not increase their chances very much.
- Mitch was going to fly into a rage.
- The Collector had flown into a rage.
- Whenever Stewart showed signs of rejecting that outlook, Joe would fly into a rage.
Sobbing with rage, Carol was taken to the hospital.in a rage Sam became quite frightening when he was in a rage.cry/scream/roar etc of rage Just then, she heard Mr Evan’s bellow of rage.red/dark/purple with rage His face was red with rage.trembling/shaking with rage Forester stared at his car, trembling with rage.seething/incandescent with rage (=as angry as a person can possibly be) Animal rights supporters were incandescent with rage. Richens was 17 when he flew into a rage and stabbed another teenager.2be all the rage informal to be very popular or fashionable: DiCaprio became all the rage after starring in the film ‘Titanic’.3rage for something a situation in which something is very popular or fashionable: The rage for cycling has been growing.COLLOCATIONSverbsshake/tremble with rage· His wife was shaking with rage.seethe with rage· The injustice of it made Melissa seethe with rage.cry with rage· I was crying with rage and frustration.explode with rage (also fly into a rage) (=suddenly become very angry)· She knew her father would explode with rage if he found out.phrasesbe in a rage· Moran was in a rage about some tools that had been left out in the rain.be speechless with rage· Speechless with rage, he hurled the letter in the fire before storming out.be beside yourself with rage (=be so angry that you cannot control yourself)· They had been publicly humiliated and were beside themselves with rage.be incandescent with rage formal (=be extremely angry)· The Queen was incandescent with rage.be white with rage· I could see she was white with rage.somebody's face is dark/red/purple with rage· His face went purple with rage.somebody's face is twisted/contorted with rage· Mike's usually calm face was contorted with rage.a fit of rage· In a fit of rage, he seized the poor man by the shoulders and shouted at him.a cry/howl/bellow etc of rage· She remembered his cries of rage as he was taken away.tears of rage· Her eyes were now full of tears of rage.adjectivesa jealous rage· He killed his wife in a jealous rage.a drunken rage· He smashed up his former girlfriend's car in a drunken rage.a blind/uncontrollable rage (=extreme uncontrolled anger that makes someone violent)· He lashed out in a blind rage.murderous rage (=anger that makes someone capable of murder)· Captain Black was in a murderous rage.a towering rage (=extremely angry)· He was in a towering rage.rage1 nounrage2 verb
ragerage2 verb VERB TABLE
rage
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | rage |
| he, she, it | rages | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | raged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have raged |
| he, she, it | has raged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had raged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rage |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have raged |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am raging |
| he, she, it | is raging | |
| you, we, they | are raging | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was raging |
| you, we, they | were raging | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been raging |
| he, she, it | has been raging | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been raging |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be raging |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been raging |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A debate still rages on bilingual education in public schools.
- Outside, a thunderstorm was raging and the lights flickered.
- But Diomedes raged on, working havoc in the Trojan ranks until he came face to face with Hector.
- Feeling helpless and angry they rage at the child, throwing temper tantrums themselves.
- Many remonstrated with him for a howling storm was raging outside, it was night and the journey was a dangerous one.
- The word opens a window into the debate raging in their hearts as they doubted.
- Today, a third battle rages, this time over the portion of the Central Freeway that remains north of Market Street.
- While we are on the subject of mortality, Victor Meldrew continues to rage against the dying of the light.
- Wilson's own insides contracted at the thought and she raged against the injustice of such a thing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Alex gave another bellow of laughter. Mom and Dad will be beside themselves with worry. John pushed back his chair, bristling with rage. We both collapsed into helpless giggles. The prince was said to be incandescent with rage. Within minutes, the house had become a raging inferno. Maggie woke up with a raging thirst (=an extremely strong thirst). After five days of heavy rain the Telle river was a raging torrent (=a very violent torrent).
Alex gave another bellow of laughter. Mom and Dad will be beside themselves with worry. John pushed back his chair, bristling with rage. (=happens over a period of time and and involves strong feelings)· A national debate is now raging over the level of youth crime.
(=someone’s face is twisted out of its normal shape because they are angry)· Eve’s face was contorted with anger as she picked up the broken vase.
(=it burns strongly for a long time over a large area)· Fires were raging in the forest near Magleby.
We both collapsed into helpless giggles. The prince was said to be incandescent with rage. Within minutes, the house had become a raging inferno. (=is active and violent)· By the time we reached the airfield, a tropical storm was raging.
· The tears he shed were tears of joy.
Maggie woke up with a raging thirst (=an extremely strong thirst). After five days of heavy rain the Telle river was a raging torrent (=a very violent torrent). (=continues in a very violent way)· A civil war is still raging there.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· In April 1990 an all-out battle between Bègles and Montferrand raged on for a while before the referee could stop the slaughter.· As the battles between parent and child rage on, the whole family begins to suffer.· Overnight, the fighting calmed down a little but it picked up again the next morning and raged on throughout the day.· But Diomedes raged on, working havoc in the Trojan ranks until he came face to face with Hector.· Naturally, the debate will rage on as players, coaches and administrators become more involved.· The argument raged on and their voices grew more strident.· And the cold war raged on.· As the debate raged on for months after the election, the strain of the turbulent year began to show on Daley.
· A storm raged over the house.· But debate is raging over how many employers would be required to join the HIPCs.· However, controversy continued to rage over certain aspects of the remand decision-making process.· But debate is raging over whether it was intended to float on water or through the afterlife.
NOUN· During the first two years of desktop publishing much argument has raged about which is the better system.· The argument raged over vast stretches of territory, or rather over a series of labels that stood for territory.· The other scientific argument raging at the conference involved the start of bipedality.· The argument raged on and their voices grew more strident.· Such a sanguine conclusion may seem odd at a time when furious arguments are no doubt raging behind the scenes.· As the arguments raged, Stuttgart came up with a possible solution.· Let the argument rage about the ethics of bolting.
· A hidden battle rages inside any female who mates more than once.· Today, a third battle rages, this time over the portion of the Central Freeway that remains north of Market Street.· That question appears to lie at the heart of the highly publicized battle raging between Hasbro Inc. and Mattel Inc.· During the ensuing months, a fierce battle was raged.· Except for a Christmas truce, the battle of Hanoi raged through December.· Back and forth the battle raged until the entire street was watching.· Over the next two years the battle raged, with relatively little shifting in positions.
· Fresh controversy was raging in Westminster last night over Mr Major's exact knowledge of the affair.· This typified the controversy that raged as he fought his way to the top in the late sixties.· However, controversy continued to rage over certain aspects of the remand decision-making process.· Since then controversy has raged: Did she ruin something uniquely precious?· Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, controversy has raged over cost-benefit studies carried out by water authorities to justify large land-drainage schemes.· Although I could not see it, we were travelling beside the lake where all these controversies were raging.
· The word opens a window into the debate raging in their hearts as they doubted.· As the debate raged on for months after the election, the strain of the turbulent year began to show on Daley.· Whether society has the right to determine its own morality is a debate which has raged for some time.· Even so, the debate that has raged over these very issues has been bad for all the disciplines involved.· For a generation a debate had raged concerning the form pensions should take.· A debate is raging now in finance circles and Congress over whether the value of derivatives should be recorded in corporate books.· So the debate is still raging about how to account for these startling developments.· As the deadline approached a fierce debate raged in the United States.
· Blake was thrown down with the force of the implosion. Fire raged all around him.· I begin, too, to have terrifying dreams about fires that rage out of control and consume me.· Fifteen lives were lost in the accident and the ensuing fire which raged for twelve hours.· The fires combined into a raging firestorm, driving the survivors toward the seawall, where they were struck by the waves.· A forest fire had been raging in the east all day and a giant red glow was silhouetting the peaks beyond Portoferraio.· Once again, fires raged unchecked.
· A storm raged over the house.· A storm rages that night, bringing heavy winds and choppy seas.· This is brought home to us by the storm raging around the issue of climate change.· Many remonstrated with him for a howling storm was raging outside, it was night and the journey was a dangerous one.· The trust is at the top of the ladder, and around it modern social storms are raging.· By the time we reached the airfield next morning a tropical storm was raging.· One hour later the storm still rages with no sign of abatement.
· We had experienced great difficulty in procuring bearers and mules, since a small war was raging in valleys and hills.· Aeneas came back with a large army of Etruscans in time to save the camp, and furious war raged.· With the war now raging in the Middle East we might feel tempted to question such certainty.· Meanwhile, the scarred veteran Inman is experiencing his own harrowing, perilous odyssey as the Civil War rages on.· In Kashmir and Punjab, religious wars seemingly without end rage on.· And the cold war raged on.· The war will rage until Chancellor Norman Lamont spells out his plans for economic recovery on Thursday in the traditional autumn statement.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► road-rage/air-rage etc► be burning with rage/desire etc► purple with rage/purple in the face etc► in a towering rage
1[intransitive, transitive] written to feel very angry about something and show this in the way you behave or speakrage at/against- I grabbed a chair in a blind panic but heard Dad call out, telling me to put it down.
- In that moment of almost blind panic, she doubted it.
- Not like shooting Sweet in a moment of blind panic.
- She bore him three children and he killed the children and her in a blind rage arranged by Hera.
- That relaxed, even jokey, presence we offer you is at times a front for blind panic.
- The mist thickened and hid it, and I knew a moment's blind panic.
- She turned her back again, her shoulders heaving, her eyes blind with tears.
- He flew into a rage with him and brained him with his lute.
- I flew into a rage and quit.
- I was made to feel like a petulant child who has flown into a temper because his favorite toy was removed.
- Maclean immediately flew into a rage.
- Mary's natural tendency to fly into a temper probably did not increase their chances very much.
- Mitch was going to fly into a rage.
- The Collector had flown into a rage.
- Whenever Stewart showed signs of rejecting that outlook, Joe would fly into a rage.
He was sorry he had raged at her earlier. ‘How was I to know!’ Jenny raged.2[intransitive] if something such as a battle, a disagreement, or a storm rages, it continues with great violence or strong emotions: Civil war has been raging in the country for years. A debate is raging about what form pensions should take. Outside, a storm was raging.rage on The battle raged on (=continued).3[intransitive] if a fire or illness rages, it spreads fast and is hard to control: The fire raged for twelve hours and fifteen people died. A great cholera epidemic raged across Europe in 1831.4[intransitive] informal to have fun with a group of people in a wild and uncontrolled way: We couldn’t wait to go out and rage.- Newmarket
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