rage

rage
[[t]re͟ɪʤ[/t]]
♦♦♦
rages, raging, raged
1) N-VAR Rage is strong anger that is difficult to control.

He was red-cheeked with rage...

I flew into a rage...

He admitted shooting the man in a fit of rage.

Syn:
2) VERB 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 fierce arguments raging over the future of the Holy City...

[V on] The war rages on and the time has come to take sides.

3) VERB If you rage about something, you speak or think very angrily about it.

[V about/against/at n] Monroe was on the phone, raging about her mistreatment by the brothers...

Inside, Frannie was raging...

[V with quote] `I can't see it's any of your business,' he raged.

4) N-UNCOUNT: n N 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.
→ See also road rage

Cabin crews are reporting up to nine cases of air rage a week.

5) N-SING: the N When something is popular and fashionable, you can say that it is the rage or all the rage. [INFORMAL]

Badges are all the rage in France, Mr Toff explains.

6) → See also raging

English dictionary. 2008.

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