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noun

Rage n.

1.

Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will. "In great rage of pain." "He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat." "Convulsed with a rage of grief."

2.

Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury. "torment, and loud lament, and furious rage."

3.

A violent or raging wind. (Obs.)

4.

The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage.

Synonyms: Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See Anger.

verb

Rage v. t. To enrage. (Obs.)

Rage v. i. (past & past part. raged; pres. part. raging)

1.

To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged." "When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted Even to falling." "Rage, rage against the dying of the light Do not go gentle into that good night."

2.

To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds. "Why do the heathen rage?" "The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise."

3.

To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo.

4.

To toy or act wantonly; to sport. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To storm; fret; chafe; fume.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rage" Quotes from Famous Books

... they speed with the swiftness of the arrow—the lances break, and both the horses recede with the violent shock.—Surprise and delight agitate the bosom of the spectators.—Hope inspires the drooping spirits of the Mantenedor and those of the castle.—Disappointment and vexation rage in the heart of the incognito knight. He made a movement of impatient anger, as he grasped firmly the lance which was now presented to him, and poised it as if to ascertain its consistency; then, making a circuit with his steed, he appeared resolved to put a termination to ...

— Gomez Arias - The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. • Joaquin Telesforo de Trueba y Cosio

... of the Oneidas had subtly changed their timbre so that ever amid the shrill yelling I marked the guttural snarls of baffled rage. The Mohican lay on his belly behind a tree, silent, but his eyes were like coals ...

— The Hidden Children • Robert W. Chambers

... one must use in this court. The hour draws near. It would take us too far a-field were I to detail my plans to you now. I will first dispatch this letter to the Queen. Then, as we set out for the Smoker—but I see you are in no mood for explanations. Cherish this noble anger, Prince! Rage as much as you will—snort like an angry tiger. [Takes him by the arm and leads him out.] More—more—heap it up—there, now you are ready to aid my plan, which is none other than to have you win the King by forcing him to respect you. [They ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. VII. • Various

... teeth in impotent rage, but had nothing to do save change guard and keep a wary eye upon the Chancellor, who went about rubbing his hands and glancing sidelong as the copses closed behind the Earl of Douglas and the Lady Sybilla. As for ...

— The Black Douglas • S. R. Crockett

... cat was gone, and so was Timmy. The grocer next door handed Flannery the key, and Flannery's face grew red with rage. He opened the door of the office, and for a moment he was sure the cat was not gone, but it was. Flannery could not see the box; it was gone. He threw open the back door and let the wind sweep through the office, and it blew a paper off the ...

— Mike Flannery On Duty and Off • Ellis Parker Butler

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