rage

¹rage

noun \ˈrāj\

Definition of RAGE

1

a : violent and uncontrolled anger b : a fit of violent wrath c archaic : insanity

2

: violent action (as of wind or sea)

3

: an intense feeling : passion

4

: a fad pursued with intense enthusiasm <was all the rage>

Examples of RAGE

1. Her note to him was full of rage.
2. He was shaking with rage.
3. She was seized by a murderous rage.
4. His rages rarely last more than a few minutes.

Origin of RAGE

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin rabia, from Latin rabies rage, madness, from rabere to be mad; akin to Sanskrit rabhas violence

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to RAGE

Synonyms: agitation, deliriousness, delirium, distraction, fever, feverishness, flap, furor, furore, fury, hysteria, frenzy, rampage, uproar

Antonyms: delight, pleasure

Related Words: chaos, confusion, disorder, havoc, pandemonium, turmoil; bedlam, bother, brouhaha, bustle, clamor, clatter, commotion, disturbance, fuss, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tempest, tumult

Near Antonyms: calm, calmness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietude, repose, restfulness, sereneness, serenity, still, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility), tranquilness

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Rhymes with RAGE

age, cage, gage, Gage, gauge, mage, page, sage, stage, swage, wage