rage
Pronunciation: (rāj), [key]
— n., v., raged, rag•ing.
—n.
- angry fury; violent anger.
- a fit of violent anger.
- fury or violence of wind, waves, fire, disease, etc.
- violence of feeling, desire, or appetite: the rage of thirst.
- a violent desire or passion.
- ardor; fervor; enthusiasm: poetic rage.
- the object of widespread enthusiasm, as for being popular or fashionable: Raccoon coats were the rage on campus.
- insanity.
- widely popular or in style.
—v.i.
- to act or speak with fury; show or feel violent anger; fulminate.
- to move, rush, dash, or surge furiously.
- to proceed, continue, or prevail with great violence: The battle raged ten days.
- (of feelings, opinions, etc.) to hold sway with unabated violence.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.