ragenoun
uk/reɪdʒ/us/reɪdʒ/rage noun (ANGER)
B2 [ C or U ] (a period of) extreme or violent anger:
Her sudden towering rages were terrifying.
I was frightened because I had never seen him in such a rage before.
He flew into a fit of rage over the smallest mistake.
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- His face contorted with bitterness and rage.
- She ran from the house in a terrible rage, her arms flailing in the air.
- He was incandescent with rage.
- He gave a bellow of rage.
- My little daughter started jumping up and down with rage when she heard she couldn't go.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anger and displeasure
- acrimonious
- anger
- animus
- annoyance
- bad feeling
- flap
- fuss
- get the hump idiom
- gorge
- grit
- grit your teeth idiom
- grudge
- hard feelings idiom
- irritation
- rancour
- resent
- resentful
- road rage
- slow burn
- sour grapes idiom
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rage noun (EVENT)
[ C usually singular ] Australian English informal an exciting or entertaining event involving a lot of activity:
The party was a rage.
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Celebrations, parties & special occasions
- a night on the town idiom
- a/the gathering of the clans idiom
- afterparty
- April Fool's Day
- bachelor party
- fayre
- feast
- fest
- festival
- festive
- fundraiser
- Mother's Day
- New Year's Eve
- night
- nightclubbing
- nightlife
- occasion
- prom
- rave
- Valentine's Day
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Idiom(s)
be (all) the rage
rageverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
uk/reɪdʒ/us/reɪdʒ/C2 to speak very angrily to someone:
He raged at (= spoke angrily to) us for forgetting to order a replacement.
C2 to happen in a strong or violent way:
The storm raged outside.
A flu epidemic is raging in/through local schools.
The argument rages on (= continues strongly).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Talking angrily
- berate
- bite
- bite sb's head off idiom
- bite/snap sb's head off idiom
- diatribe
- edge
- head
- hit
- jump
- jump down sb's throat idiom
- piece
- rant
- rave
- snap sb's head off idiom
- snarl
- spit
- spit sth out
- tear 1
- tear into sb/sth
- upbraid
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