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raging en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. Volatile, very active or unpredictable.
    • A raging storm kept us indoors.
  2. (of a person) In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.
    • a raging father shouting at us
  3. Extreme; intense.
    • a raging lesbian
    • raging success
    • Oh, and a minifridge full of Smirnoff. Yeah, you should totally come by. It's gonna be raging. 2021 September 7, Charlie Berens ft. Taylor Calmus, Guys Trip: 20’s vs 30’s:

Forms

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most raging Degree=Sup lexicographic
more raging Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

ragingly

Synonyms

fickle · exquisite · incessive · greatest · nonpredictable · volatile · raging · rabid · almighty · fierce · savage · changeable · rabid · intense · utmost · wild · grim · raging · passing · greatest · ferocious · utmost · infuriate · uttermost · ultimate · furious · highest · fierce · erratic · ferocious · extreme · furious · maximum · maximal · rampant · maximum

Translations (12)

es furioso (volatile, very unpredictable) · fi äkkipikainen (volatile, very unpredictable) · es furia (volatile, very unpredictable) · bg бесен (in a state of rage) · nb rasende (volatile, very unpredictable) · bg яростен (in a state of rage) · fi raivostunut (in a state of rage) · mi nana (volatile, very unpredictable) · fi raivopäinen (in a state of rage) · nl razend (volatile, very unpredictable) · fi ennalta-arvaamaton (volatile, very unpredictable) · uk розлютований (in a state of rage)

raging en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. A display of rage.
    • To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire! 1813, Patrick Brontë, The Rural Minstrel:

Forms

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ragings Number=Plur lexicographic

raging en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of rage
    form of rage
    • Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn. 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16: