rage
[noun]
Synonyms:
- fury, anger, frenzy, ire, madness, passion, rampage, wrath
- all the rage: craze, enthusiasm, fad (informal), fashion, latest thing, vogue
[verb]
Synonyms:
- be furious, blow one's top, blow up (informal), fly off the handle (informal), fume, go ballistic (slang, chiefly U.S.), go up the wall (slang), lose the plot (informal), seethe, storm

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Related Words: acerbity, acrimony, asperity, frenzy, hysteria, mania, agitation, perturbation, upset, caprice, conceit, crotchet, fancy, freak, vagary, whim

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English Thesaurus: anger, annoyance, irritation, frustration, exasperation, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

-rage /reɪdʒ/ suffix [in nouns]
road-rage/air-rage etc when someone becomes extremely angry and violent while they are driving, on a plane etc:
He was attacked in a road-rage incident.

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I. rage¹ /reɪdʒ/ noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin rabies 'anger, wildness', from rabere 'to be wild with anger']

1. [uncountable and countable] a strong feeling of uncontrollable anger:
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.

2. be all the rage informal to be very popular or fashionable:
DiCaprio became all the rage after starring in the film ‘Titanic’.

3. rage for something a situation in which something is very popular or fashionable:
the rage for mobile phones

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II. rage² verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] written to feel very angry about something and show this in the way you behave or speak
rage at/against
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.

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rage
noun
I. great anger
ADJ. blind, cold, icy, pure | helpless, impotent burning with impotent rage
pent-up, suppressed
QUANT. fit, burst He punched the wall in a fit of rage.
VERB + RAGE be beside yourself with, be boiling/burning with, be choked with, be filled with, be full of, be purple/red/white with, be rigid/stiff with, be shaking/trembling with, feel, seethe with He glared at me, quite beside himself with rage. ‘How dare you!’ she said, her voice choked with rage.
vent The people vented their rage on government buildings.
control, master He managed to master his rage.
RAGE + VERB build up She felt the rage building up inside her.
erupt His rage suddenly erupted.
subside His rage was beginning to subside.
PREP. with ~ She was speechless with rage.
~ at boiling with rage at the unfairness of it all
PHRASES a bellow/cry/roar/shout of rage He gave a roar of rage and punched me in the face.
tears of rage

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

rage
II. sudden display of great anger
ADJ. blind, terrible, towering | jealous | drunken She smashed up his car in a drunken rage.
VERB + RAGE be in, fly into, get in If something's too difficult she gets in a rage.
PREP. in a ~ She killed him in a rage of despair.
~ about He was in a towering rage about his lost watch.
~ at He flew into a rage at the insult.
~ of He left in a rage of humiliation.

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rage
verb
I. show great anger
ADV. inwardly
PREP. about She was still raging about the treatment she had received.
against I raged inwardly against his injustice.
at The team was left raging at the referee's decision.

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rage
II. continue with great force
ADV. still, on The argument still rages on.
PREP. around Even the dogs were quiet while the heated quarrel raged around them.
within trying to control the fury raging within her
PHRASES rage unabated The storm raged unabated.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

rage

shake/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.
be 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.
a 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.

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anger a strong emotion that you feel because someone has behaved badly or because a situation seems bad or unfair:
Andrea still feels a lot of anger towards her mom, who left when she was a little girl.
I’ve said some things in anger that have almost cost me my marriage.
annoyance slight anger or impatience:
He expressed annoyance at the way his comments had been misinterpreted.
The meetings were held in secret, much to the annoyance of some members of Congress.
irritation a feeling of being annoyed and impatient, especially because something keeps happening or someone keeps saying something:
He could not hide his irritation at her persistent questioning.
Unwanted sales calls are a source of irritation for many people.
frustration a feeling of being annoyed, especially because you cannot do what you want or because you cannot change or control a situation:
You can imagine my frustration when I found out that the next bus didn’t leave till 4 hours later.
There is a growing sense of frustration over the situation in Burma.
The government has expressed frustration at the slow legal process.
exasperation a 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:
Isaac sighed in exasperation.
Exasperation at the team’s lack of success was evident among the fans.
resentment anger because you think you are being treated badly or unfairly:
The sudden increase in the numbers of immigrants has caused resentment among local people.
indignation anger and surprise about an unfair situation:
His voice sounded full of indignation.
The scandal caused righteous indignation among opposition politicians.
ill/bad feeling anger between two people because of something that has happened:
I had no ill feeling towards him.
rancour British English, rancor American English formal a feeling of anger and hatred towards someone who you cannot forgive because they harmed you in the past:
Even though he had lost the court case, he had shown no rancour.
spleen formal anger, especially anger that is unreasonable:
He vented his spleen (=said why he was angry)against the airline in an article in the Times.
fury 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.
rage 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.
outrage extreme anger and shock because you think something is unfair or wrong:
The racist comments caused outrage in India and Britain.
wrath formal extreme anger:
Pietersen was the next to incur the wrath of the referee (=make him angry).

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