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rage en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin rabiō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Classical Latin rabiēs Late Latin rabia Anglo-Norman ragebor. Middle English rage English rage From Middle English rage, from Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). Doublet of rabies. Displaced native Middle English wode, from Old English wōd ("madness, fury, rage"; compare Modern dialectal English wood (“mad, insane, furious, raging”)); and Middle English hotherte (“anger”), from Old English hātheort (“fury, anger, wrath, rage”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Violent uncontrolled anger.
    • They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
    • Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd. 1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:
    • Those who subscribe to those “zombie ideas” are “suffering from ressentiment – a witches’ brew of resentment, bitterness, and rage that is causing them to hold mistaken values,” Andreessen wrote. “We believe we must help them find their way out of their self-imposed labyrinth of pain.” 2024 December 5, Brian Fung, “Trump’s latest nominees are a gift to his wealthiest crypto boosters”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2025:
    • […] rage is not only impotent by definition, it is the mode in which impotence becomes active in its last stage of final despair. 1963, Hannah Arendt, On Revolution, →ISBN, page 101:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A current fashion or fad.
    • This rage for boulevardizing has destroyed the quaint, queer, pestilential streets of old Paris, through which it was our pleasure to wander many years since. 1864, Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, The Eclectic Review (volume 7? volume 120? page 130)
    • But the rage of travelling is a symptom of a deeper unsoundness affecting the whole intellectual action. 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”, in Essays: First Series:
    • Miniskirts were all the rage back then.
    • ‘She has big breasts’, Chuck said. ‘Who? Patty? Oh yes.’ Hentman nodded. ‘Well, it’s that operation they give in Hollywood and New York. It’s more the rage now than the dilation, and she’s had that done, too.’ 1964, Philip K. Dick, “TWELVE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 173:
    • Here and there were certain unmistakable derniers cris, some of them undoubtedly destined - had the world pursued its expected course - to become the rage of tomorrow; others, I would say, a dead loss from their very inception. 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 82:
  3. (Australia, New-Zealand, US, countable, slang, uncountable) An exciting and boisterous party.
    • That evening, Felix and Trish Homer invited me to the Sundancer for "a bit of a rage." 2013, Larry M. Edwards, Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss, San Diego, C.A.: Wigeon Publishing, →ISBN, page 95:
  4. (countable, uncountable) A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
    • OK produced the bulk of Jump Out, and the pair succeeded in crafting a sound that, while sonically linked to the forbearers of the underground — maximalist drums in the spirit of so-called “rage” rap along with melodic flourishes of early Playboi Carti — the Charlotte, North Carolina born producer manages to tread new terrain, constructing a sonic identity that feels deliriously right now. 2025 February 18, Jeff Ihaza, “Meet OsamaSon, an Architect for the Next Generation of Rap Music”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2025:
    • The list of rappers affiliated with rage has exploded in the subsequent 18 months, and several seem poised to break out in 2023. 2023 February 3, Elias Leight, “These Rising Rappers Are Pushing Rage Music Into the Mainstream”, in Billboard, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025:
    • Tripp At Knight feels like a Carti homage, but while it certainly gestures towards the rage sound, Trippie’s imitation of Carti is largely rooted in 2019 rather than 2021. 2021 December 24, Vivian Medithi, “Playboi Carti 'Whole Lotta Red' Is The Sound Of 2021 Whether You Like It Or Not”, in HipHopDX, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2021:
  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Any vehement passion.
    • in great rage of pain 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
    • convulsed with a rage of grief 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 6, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
    • He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. 1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
    • And your true rights be termed a poet's rage 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet XVII”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rages Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

rage room · 'roid rage · rageous · rageful · road rage · rage clean · rager · paradoxical rage reaction · air rage · arage · rageaholic · ragelike · ragepost · rage farm · rageholic · rage quit · fly into a rage · ragebait · K-rage · ragesome · rageless · ragequit · all the rage · desk rage · computer rage · pavement rage · dage · ragetweet · rage boner · roid rage · outrage · work rage · black rage defense · wrap rage · unrage · Day of Rage · rage comic · rage syndrome · day of rage · frustrage · trolley rage · rage game · rage quitter · ragey · blind rage

Synonyms

fury · dernier cri · rager · apoplexy · ire

Translations (114)

cmn 暴怒 (a violent anger) · ka რისხვა (a violent anger) · bg ярост (a violent anger) · el οργή (a violent anger) · te పిచ్చికోపం (a violent anger) · sh bijes (a violent anger) · cmn 時尚 /时尚 (a current fashion or fad) · sv ursinne (a violent anger) · lt įniršis (a violent anger) · sw hamaki (a violent anger) · da raseri (a violent anger) · de Zorn (a violent anger) · kk қаһар (a violent anger) · cmn 憤怒 /愤怒 (a violent anger) · nl rage (a current fashion or fad) · pdt Wutt (a violent anger) · sh goropadnost (a violent anger) · ru бесчи́нство (a violent anger) · ru гнев (a violent anger) · pt furor (a violent anger) · fr furie (a violent anger) · sh bes (a violent anger) · ru раж (a current fashion or fad) · fi villitys (a current fashion or fad) · uk скаженість (a violent anger) · lt įsiūtis (a violent anger) · hy կատաղություն (a violent anger) · sv ilska (a violent anger) · ro furie (a violent anger) · sh besnost (a violent anger) · gd corraich (a violent anger) · pl wściekłość (a violent anger) · cs móda (a current fashion or fad) · nl toorn (a violent anger) · es furor (a current fashion or fad) · pt ira (a violent anger) · nl furie (a violent anger) · ota اوفكه (a violent anger) · fr courroux (a violent anger) · fi vimma (a violent anger) · da galskab (a violent anger) · ja 激怒 (a violent anger) · pl szał (a violent anger) · ru я́рость (a violent anger) · br buanegezh (a violent anger) · de Wut (a violent anger) · sv vrede (a violent anger) · fr rage (a violent anger) · ka გაშმაგება (a violent anger) · cs běs (a violent anger) · es rabia (a violent anger) · pt raiva (a violent anger) · eo kolerego (a violent anger) · lt įtūžis (a violent anger) · la rabiēs (a violent anger) · ca ràbia (a violent anger) · sh goropad (a violent anger) · vi thịnh nộ (a violent anger) · fa خشم (a violent anger) · fi raivo (a violent anger) · ru бе́шенство (a violent anger) · he זַעַם (a violent anger) · arz غضب (a violent anger) · sh ljutost (a violent anger) · zza xışm (a violent anger) · ang hātheortnes (a violent anger) · mi ngana (a violent anger) · ota قیزغینلق (a violent anger) · sq tërbim (a violent anger) · it furia (a violent anger) · uk лютість (a violent anger) · it furore (a violent anger) · oc ràbia (a violent anger) · cmn 怒火 (a violent anger) · grc λύσσα (a violent anger) · sh jarost (a violent anger) · fr fureur (a violent anger) · la furia (a violent anger) · pt fúria (a violent anger) · de Rage (a violent anger) · ar حَنَق (a violent anger) · cmn 怒氣 /怒气 (a violent anger) · mi nguha (a violent anger) · cs hit (a current fashion or fad) · it rabbia (a violent anger) · nl woede (a violent anger) · cs běsnění (a violent anger) · nb raseri (a violent anger) · pl amok (a violent anger) · gl furia (a violent anger) · lb Roserei (a violent anger) · km កំហឹង (a violent anger) · ru крик (a current fashion or fad) · ro mânie (a violent anger) · nl razernij (a violent anger) · nn harm (a violent anger) · la furor (a violent anger) · cmn 潮流 (a current fashion or fad) · cs zuřivost (a violent anger) · cs výkřik (módy) (a current fashion or fad) · sv raseri (a violent anger) · gl raiba (a violent anger) · ru неи́стовство (a violent anger) · uk розлютованість (a violent anger) · sq egër (a violent anger) · bg бяс (a violent anger) · ka მძვინვარება (a violent anger) · uk лють (a violent anger) · uk шаленість (a violent anger) · nn raseri (a violent anger) · he חֵמָה (a violent anger) · ka გააფთრება (a violent anger) · de Raserei (a violent anger) · gl ira (a violent anger)

rage en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English ragen, from Old French rager, ragier, from the noun (see above). Displaced native Middle English weden (“to rage with anger”), from Old English wēdan (“to rage”), and Old English iersian, among other synonyms.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.
    • When a Muslim politician held a 50th birthday party, he [Zaharan Hashim] raged about how Western infidel traditions were poisoning his hometown, Kattankudy. 2019 April 25, Hannah Beech, “Sri Lankan Accused of Leading Attacks Preached Slaughter. Many Dismissed Him.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2023:
  2. (figuratively, sometimes) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.
    • Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it. 2012 November 1, David M. Halbfinger, “New Jersey Continues to Cope With Hurricane Sandy”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2023:
    • Horrible diſcord, and the madding Wheeles / Of brazen Chariots rag'd; dire was the noiſe / Of conflict; over head the diſmal hiſs / Of fiery Darts in flaming volies flew, / And flying vaulted either Hoſt with fire. 1674, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 152:
    • As the storm raged, more than 85 million people—or more than one in every four Americans—were covered by some kind of blizzard or winter-storm advisory on Friday, according to weather.com. 2016 January 25, Marina Koren, “The East Coast Digs Out”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2021:
    • The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Roaring, leaping, pouncing, the tempest raged about the wanderers, drowning and blotting out their forms with sandy spume. 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:
    • Debate has raged over whether Glass and smartglasses like it have any viable real-world use cases for consumers, or are more interesting to businesses where workers need hands-free access to information. 2014 June 24, Samuel Gibbs, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2022:
    • The two women murmured over the spirit-lamp, plotting the eternal conspiracy of hush and clean bottles while the wind raged and gave a sudden wrench at the cheap fastenings. 1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC, page 11:
  3. (Australia, New-Zealand, US, slang) To party hard; to have a good time.
    • These events are all about raging hard, getting as fucked up as you can. Not necessarily even about dancing, just being a face in this giant extravaganza. 2012 August 2, Simon Reynolds, quoting Nathan Messer, “How rave music conquered America”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2023:
  4. (obsolete, rare) To enrage.
    • The King is come, deale mildly with his youth, / For young hot Colts, being rag'd, do rage the more. 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act 2, scene 1], page 28, column 2:

Forms

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rages Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
raged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
raged Tense=Past lexicographic
raging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

road-raging · raging agreement · raging mad

Hypernyms

vent · emote

Meronyms

bridle · throw one's toys out of the pram · lose one's temper · throw a tantrum · attack

Relateds

anger · assault · angry · tantrum · make a scene

Synonyms

storm · rave · fume · frenzy · rave · let rip · seethe · see red · rant · lose it · rampage · foam at the mouth · rage · froth at the mouth

Translations (65)

fi riehua (move with great violence) · eu amorratu (act in an angry manner) · ar اِنْدَلَعَ (act in an angry manner) · ka გახელება (act in an angry manner) · fr rager (act in an angry manner) · sco fren (act in an angry manner) · la saeviō (act in an angry manner) · ru бесчи́нствовать (act in an angry manner) · ru бушева́ть (act in an angry manner) · bg вилнея (move with great violence) · de toben (move with great violence) · ru бу́йствовать (act in an angry manner) · ja 荒れ狂う (act in an angry manner) · mi whakatūpehupehu (act in an angry manner) · fi raivota (act in an angry manner) · ja 荒れ狂う (move with great violence) · fr faire rage (move with great violence) · ka მძვინვარება (act in an angry manner) · eo furiozi (move with great violence) · grc φρυάσσω (act in an angry manner) · es encolerizarse (act in an angry manner) · ka ბობოქრობა (act in an angry manner) · fi raivota (move with great violence) · pt enfurecer-se (act in an angry manner) · fi riehua (act in an angry manner) · it imperversare (move with great violence) · cmn 肆虐 (move with great violence) · cmn 猖獗 (move with great violence) · ar غَضِبَ (act in an angry manner) · el λυσσομανώ (act in an angry manner) · ms amuk (act in an angry manner) · no herja (move with great violence) · ang wēdan (act in an angry manner) · id amuk (act in an angry manner) · el φρενιάζω (act in an angry manner) · eo furiozi (act in an angry manner) · ms marah (act in an angry manner) · da rase (act in an angry manner) · ro turba (act in an angry manner) · no rase (act in an angry manner) · es rabiar (act in an angry manner) · cmn 亂鬧 /乱闹 (act in an angry manner) · arz ثار (act in an angry manner) · ka გაცოფება (act in an angry manner) · el μαίνομαι (act in an angry manner) · mi rūtā (act in an angry manner) · cmn 發怒 /发怒 (act in an angry manner) · de tosen (move with great violence) · de toben (act in an angry manner) · fr se déchaîner (move with great violence) · ka გაბრაზება (act in an angry manner) · it infuriare (act in an angry manner) · ja 暴れる (act in an angry manner) · de rasen (act in an angry manner) · fr sévir (move with great violence) · ru неи́стовствовать (act in an angry manner) · ru беси́ться (act in an angry manner) · ru свире́пствовать (act in an angry manner) · la furō (act in an angry manner) · nl razen (move with great violence) · nl woeden (act in an angry manner) · hu tombol (act in an angry manner) · id marah (act in an angry manner) · de wüten (act in an angry manner) · bg беснея (act in an angry manner)