Definition of Rage. Meaning of Rage. Synonyms of Rage
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Definition of Rage
Rage 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.
Rage Rage Rage, v. t.
To enrage. [Obs.] --Shak.
Rage 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.
