rage

CEFRB2

/ɹeɪd͡ʒ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Very strong anger.

  2. 02

    verb

    To continue with great force or violence.

Examples

  • The child is helpless in his rage.

  • His face was dark with rage.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A current fashion or fad.

  2. An exciting and boisterous party.

  3. Violent uncontrolled anger.

More examples

In context

  • The Sphinx howled with rage.

  • Miniskirts were all the rage back then.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).