rage: Meaning and Definition of

rage

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