angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage;incidents of road rage.
a fit of violent anger: Her rages usually don't last too long.
fury or violence of wind, waves, fire, disease, etc.
violence of feeling, desire, or appetite: the rage of thirst.
a violent desire or passion.
ardor; fervor; enthusiasm: poetic rage.
the object of widespread enthusiasm, as for being popular or fashionable: Raccoon coats were the rage on campus.
Archaic. insanity.
verb (used without object),raged,rag·ing.
to act or speak with fury; show or feel violent anger; fulminate.
to move, rush, dash, or surge furiously.
to proceed, continue, or prevail with great violence: The battle raged ten days.
(of feelings, opinions, etc.) to hold sway with unabated violence.
Idioms for rage
all the rage, widely popular or in style.
Origin of rage
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English <Old French <Late Latin rabia,Latin rabiēs madness, rage, derivative of rabere to rage; (v.) ragen<Old French ragier, derivative of rage (noun)
Fortunately, history offers hope in the midst of rage and hopelessness.
History offers hope in the midst of rage|Kathi Wolfe|August 28, 2020|Washington Blade
It’s a change from a few months ago, when coronavirus-response ads from advertisers were all the rage, as everyone sought to tell the audience that we were in this together.
‘Implicitly rather than explicitly’: Advertisers no longer want to discuss the coronavirus|Kristina Monllos|July 20, 2020|Digiday
Our relationship did not improve as I entered college and developed a raging eating disorder.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Suddenly, you are crying, breathless, raging, and on quieter days just going through the motions.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook|Tim Teeman|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thousands of years ago, Saudi Arabia fortuitously sat in the middle of the raging incense trade.
When Saudi Arabia Ruled the World|Emily Wilson|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Still, Morgan Freeman, for instance, is a bit of a raging liberal.
Morgan Freeman Gently Slapped My Face|Asawin Suebsaeng|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His inheritance, which ran to millions of Deutschmarks, was worth only pennies after the raging post-war inflation.
Vogue Photographer Erwin Blumenfeld: Secrets of a Fashion Legend|Tim Teeman|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unlike them they held no dazzling sapphire brilliancies; they were ochreous, suffused with raging vermilion.
The Metal Monster|A. Merritt
News of the raging battle came in with every ambulance to the Clair Hospital.
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross|Alice B. Emerson
The fire was said to be raging in the main street, quite close to the principal inn.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World|The Son of Samuel Smiles
It was mid-summer, and on the road came the news that the cholera was raging in Paris.
Camilla: A Tale of a Violin|Charles Barnard
Ned thrust the raging fellow back and held him until he had calmed down somewhat.
The New Boys at Oakdale|Morgan Scott
British Dictionary definitions for rage
rage
/ (reɪdʒ) /
noun
intense anger; fury
violent movement or action, esp of the sea, wind, etc
great intensity of hunger, sexual desire, or other feelings
aggressive behaviour associated with a specified environment or activityroad rage; school rage
a fashion or craze (esp in the phrase all the rage)
Australian and NZinformala dance or party
verb(intr)
to feel or exhibit intense anger
(esp of storms, fires, etc) to move or surge with great violence
(esp of a disease or epidemic) to spread rapidly and uncontrollably