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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAGE, n. [Heb. to grind or gnash the teeth.]
1. Violent anger accompanied with furious words, gestures or agitation; anger excited to fury. Passion sometimes rises to rage.
Torment and loud lament and furious rage.
2. Vehemence or violent exacerbation of any thing painful; as the rage of pain; the rage of a fever; the rage of hunger or thirst.
3. Fury; extreme violence; as the rage of a tempest.
4. Enthusiasm; rapture.
Who brought green poesy to her perfect age, and made that art which was a rage.
5. Extreme eagerness or passion directed to some object; as the rage for money.
You purchase pain with all that joy can give, and die of nothing but a rage to live.
RAGE, v.i.
1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.
At this he inly rag'd.
2. To be violent and tumultuous.
Why do the heathen rage? Psalms 2.
3. To be violently driven or agitated; as the raging sea or winds.
4. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with fatal effect; as, the plague rages in Cairo.
5. To be driven with impetuosity; to act or move furiously.
The chariots shall rage in the streets. Nahum 2.
The madding wheels of brazen chariots rag'd.
6. To toy wantonly; to sport. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [syn: fury, rage, madness]
2: a state of extreme anger; "she fell into a rage and refused to answer"
3: something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him" [syn: rage, passion]
4: violent state of the elements; "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks"
5: 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] v
1: behave violently, as if in state of a great anger [syn: ramp, rage, storm]
2: be violent; as of fires and storms
3: feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin rabia, from Latin rabies rage, madness, from rabere to be mad; akin to Sanskrit rabhas violence Date: 14th century 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> Synonyms: see anger, fashion II. intransitive verb (raged; raging) Date: 14th century 1. to be in a rage 2. to be in tumult 3. to prevail uncontrollably

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 fierce or violent anger. 2 a fit of this (flew into a rage). 3 the violent action of a natural force (the rage of the storm). 4 (foll. by for) a a vehement desire or passion. b a widespread temporary enthusiasm or fashion. 5 poet. poetic, prophetic, or martial enthusiasm or ardour. 6 sl. a lively frolic. --v.intr. 1 be full of anger. 2 (often foll. by at, against) speak furiously or madly; rave. 3 (of wind, battle, fever, etc.) be violent; be at its height; continue unchecked. 4 Austral. sl. seek enjoyment; go on a spree. Phrases and idioms: all the rage popular, fashionable. Etymology: ME f. OF rager ult. f. L RABIES

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rage Rage, 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. He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. --Macaulay. Convulsed with a rage of grief. --Hawthorne. 2. Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury. torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. --Milton. 3. A violent or raging wind. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage. Syn: Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See Anger.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rage Rage, v. t. To enrage. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rage Rage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raged; p. pr. & vb. n. Raging.] [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. When one so great begins to rage, he a hunted Even to falling. --Shak. 2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds. Why do the heathen rage ? --Ps. ii. 1. The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. --Milton. 3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo. 4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: To storm; fret; chafe; fume.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rages, raging, raged) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Rage is strong anger that is difficult to control. He was red-cheeked with rage... I flew into a rage... = fury N-VAR 2. You say that something powerful or unpleasant rages when it continues with great force or violence. Train services were halted as the fire raged for more than four hours... The war rages on and the time has come to take sides. VERB: V, V on 3. If you rage about something, you speak or think very angrily about it. Monroe was on the phone, raging about her mistreatment by the brothers... Inside, Frannie was raging... 'I can't see it's any of your business,' he raged. VERB: V about/against/at n, V, V with quote 4. You can refer to the strong anger that someone feels in a particular situation as a particular rage, especially when this results in violent or aggressive behaviour. Cabin crews are reporting up to nine cases of air rage a week. N-UNCOUNT: n N see also road rage 5. When something is popular and fashionable, you can say that it is the rage or all the rage. (INFORMAL) The 1950s look is all the rage at the moment. N-SING: the N 6. see also raging

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Fury, frenzy, wrath, vehemence, excitement, passion, madness, raving, violent anger, furor. 2. Extreme eagerness, vehement desire. 3. Enthusiasm, rapture. 4. (Colloq.) Fashion, vogue, mode. II. v. n. 1. Rave, storm, fume, fret, chafe, be violent, be furious. 2. Ravage, prevail without restraint.

Moby Thesaurus

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