Synonyms of raged

raged

verb

past tense of rage

1

as in stormed

to express one's anger usually violently

the series of bad calls prompted the coach to rage about the refereeing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stormed
• fumed
• bristled
• rampaged
• ranted
• raved
• ran amok
• made a scene
• seethed
• blustered
• smoldered
• fretted
• steamed
• fulminated
• flared (up)
• carried on
• foamed
• flipped (out)
• burned
• took on
• blew up
• stewed
• chafed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressed
• contained
• checked
• collected
• soothed
• composed
• swallowed
• restrained
• subdued
• stifled
• repressed
• smothered
• strangled
• tempered
• choked (back)
• appeased
• moderated
• eased
• pacified
• curbed
• allayed
• reined
• relaxed
• cooled
• quieted
• settled
• calmed
• pocketed
• stilled
• toned (down)
• hushed
• quelled
• let up

2

as in steamed

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

still raging about his assistant's burnt pies, the pastry cook forgot to add the egg whites to his cake batter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stormed
• steamed
• burned
• seethed
• boiled
• fumed
• shook
• sizzled
• rankled
• foamed
• agitated
• ranted
• raved
• saw red
• smoldered
• fulminated
• convulsed
• inflamed
• bristled
• roiled
• stewed
• fretted
• chafed
• flared (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of raged

Massive forest fires have forced the evacuation of some 200,000 people in southwestern France and central Spain, with residents fleeing towns near Madrid and Bordeaux on Friday as flames raged out of control. — ABC News, 25 July 2026

The fire raged for most of the morning as firefighters tried their best to fight the flames back. — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

The Ukrainian attacks on the sprawling Russian warehouses produced stark images, with massive pillars of black smoke rising above fires that raged at facilities of Wildberries, the country’s biggest online retailer and its equivalent of Amazon. — Dasha Litvinova, Fortune, 24 July 2026

Its targeting by Ukraine appears to be part of Kyiv’s attempts to ensure ordinary Russians feel the impact of the war which has raged on Ukrainian territory for more than four years. — Reuters, NBC news, 24 July 2026

In January 2025, as the LA wildfires raged, people placed bets on Polymarket, one of the leading prediction market platforms. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

These two characters have maybe two minutes of screentime between them, and yet a certain portion of the internet, and Elon Musk, have raged, gnashed teeth and howled to the wind about the way this denigrates a Greek classic. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Her new film, which Netflix announced today and will debut on the streamer later this year, aims to bring the fight that has raged over this amendment for the last 150 years into the present. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 July 2026

When a second serve of his was called out to go down 4-2 in the fourth — this was pre-electronic line calling, and even the famous challenge system — Ivanišević raged at the umpire and kicked the net in frustration. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 12 July 2026