'Rage' definitions:
Definition of 'rage'
From: WordNet
noun
A feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [syn: fury, rage, madness]
noun
A state of extreme anger; "she fell into a rage and refused to answer"
noun
Something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him" [syn: rage, passion]
noun
Violent state of the elements; "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks"
noun
An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage]
verb
verb
Be violent; as of fires and storms
verb
Feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"
Definition of 'Rage'
From: GCIDE
- Rage \Rage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raged (r[=a]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Raging (r[=a]"j[i^]ng).] [OF. ragier. See Rage, n.]
- 1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted Even to falling. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Rage, rage against the dying of the light Do not go gentle into that good night. --Dylan Thomas. [PJC]
- 2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds. [1913 Webster]
- Why do the heathen rage? --Ps. ii. 1. [1913 Webster]
- The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To storm; fret; chafe; fume. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rage'
From: GCIDE
- Rage \Rage\ (r[=a]j), n. [F., fr. L. rabies, fr. rabere to rave; cf. Skr. rabh to seize, rabhas violence. Cf. Rabid, Rabies, Rave.]
- 1. Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will. "In great rage of pain." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Convulsed with a rage of grief. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury. [1913 Webster]
- torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A violent or raging wind. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See Anger. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rage'
From: GCIDE
- Rage \Rage\, v. t. To enrage. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- acerbity,
- acrimony,
- agitation,
- Alecto,
- amok,
- anger,
- asperity,
- assault,
- attack,
- babble,
- barbarize,
- batter,
- be angry,
- be excitable,
- be insane,
- be livid,
- be pissed,
- bellow,
- blast,
- blow,
- blow a fuse,
- blow a gasket,
- blow a hurricane,
- blow great guns,
- blow over,
- blow up,
- bluff,
- bluster,
- bluster and bluff,
- boil,
- boil over,
- bounce,
- brag,
- brawl,
- breeze,
- breeze up,
- brew,
- bristle,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- browned off,
- brutalize,
- bug,
- bully,
- burn,
- burning rage,
- butcher,
- cacophony,
- caprice,
- carry on,
- cat fit,
- catch fire,
- catch the infection,
- chafe,
- chaos,
- chic,
- come apart,
- come up,
- commotion,
- conceit,
- conniption,
- conniption fit,
- convulsion,
- craze,
- crazy fancy,
- crotchet,
- cry,
- delirium,
- destroy,
- disturbance,
- dote,
- drivel,
- drool,
- duck fit,
- ebullition,
- ecstasy,
- embroilment,
- enthusiasm,
- exasperation,
- excite easily,
- explode,
- fad,
- faddiness,
- faddishness,
- faddism,
- faddist,
- fanaticism,
- fancy,
- fascination,
- fashion,
- ferment,
- fever,
- fire and fury,
- fire up,
- fit,
- fit of anger,
- fit of temper,
- flame up,
- flap,
- flare up,
- flash up,
- flip,
- fomentation,
- foofaraw,
- freak,
- freak out,
- frenzy,
- freshen,
- fret,
- fulminate,
- fume,
- furious rage,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- fuss,
- gasconade,
- gather,
- get excited,
- go ape,
- go berserk,
- go into hysterics,
- go on,
- hammer,
- have a conniption,
- have a demon,
- have a tantrum,
- hector,
- high dudgeon,
- hit the ceiling,
- hubbub,
- huff,
- hysteria,
- hysterics,
- indignation,
- infatuation,
- intimidate,
- intoxication,
- ire,
- last word,
- lay waste,
- loot,
- mad,
- madness,
- mania,
- manic-depressive psychosis,
- maul,
- Megaera,
- mode,
- mug,
- murderous insanity,
- Nemesis,
- novelty,
- orgasm,
- orgy,
- out-herod Herod,
- paddy,
- pandemonium,
- paroxysm,
- passion,
- perturbation,
- pillage,
- pipe up,
- pissed off,
- psychokinesia,
- puff,
- racket,
- raise Cain,
- raise hell,
- raise the devil,
- raise the roof,
- ramble,
- ramp,
- rampage,
- rant,
- rant and rave,
- rape,
- rapture,
- rave,
- ravishment,
- riot,
- roar,
- roister,
- rollick,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruin,
- rumpus,
- run a temperature,
- run amok,
- run mad,
- sack,
- savage,
- seethe,
- seizure,
- set in,
- simmer,
- sizzle,
- slang,
- slaughter,
- slaver,
- slobber,
- smoke,
- smolder,
- smoulder,
- sow chaos,
- spasm,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- squall,
- stew,
- storm,
- storminess,
- style,
- swagger,
- swashbuckle,
- take fire,
- take on,
- tantrum,
- tear,
- tear around,
- tearing passion,
- temper,
- temper tantrum,
- tempestuousness,
- terrorize,
- the Erinyes,
- the Eumenides,
- the Furies,
- the last word,
- the latest thing,
- the latest wrinkle,
- the rage,
- the thing,
- throw a fit,
- Tisiphone,
- towering rage,
- transport,
- tumult,
- tumultuousness,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- turn a hair,
- uproar,
- upset,
- vagary,
- vandalize,
- vapor,
- vehemence,
- violate,
- violence,
- vogue,
- waft,
- wander,
- wax,
- whiff,
- whiffle,
- whim,
- wildness,
- worn-out,
- wrath,
- wreck,
- wrinkle,
- zeal,
- zealousness