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Dictionary: rage   (rāj) pronunciation
 
n.
    1. Violent, explosive anger. See synonyms at anger.
    2. A fit of anger.
  1. Furious intensity, as of a storm or disease.
  2. A burning desire; a passion.
  3. A current, eagerly adopted fashion; a fad or craze: when torn jeans were all the rage.
intr.v., raged, rag·ing, rag·es.
  1. To speak or act in violent anger: raged at the mindless bureaucracy.
  2. To move with great violence or intensity: A storm raged through the mountains.
  3. To spread or prevail forcefully: The plague raged for months.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rabia, from Latin rabiēs, from rabere, to be mad.]


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noun

  1. Violent or unrestrained anger: furor, fury, irateness, ire, wrath, wrathfulness. See feelings.
  2. A subject or activity that inspires lively interest: craze, enthusiasm, mania, passion. See concern/unconcern.
  3. The current custom: craze, fad, fashion, furor, mode, style, trend, vogue. Informal thing. Idioms: the in thing, the last word, the latest thing. See style/good style/bad style, usual/unusual.

verb

    To be or become angry: anger, blow up, boil over, bristle, burn, explode, flare up, foam, fume, seethe. Informal steam. Idioms: blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one'sstacktop, breathe fire, fly off the handle, get hot under the collar, hit theceilingroof, lose one's temper, see red. See feelings.

 
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n

Definition: extreme anger
Antonyms: calmness, glee, happiness

v

Definition: be very angry
Antonyms: be happy


 

1. a state of violent anger.
2. [Fr.] rabies.

  • sham r. — an outburst of motor activity resembling the outward manifestations of fear and anger, occurring in decorticated animals and in certain pathological conditions in humans.
  • r. syndrome — possibly a type of psychomotor seizure, of uncertain etiology; reported in Springer spaniels. Because of the unpredictable and dangerous nature of the episodes or rage, euthanasia is usually advised.
 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Very strong anger. Also: To be out of control.

pronunciation In contrast to the path of selfishness, there is no room for road rage on the straight and narrow way. — Neal Maxwell

 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - raseri, raserianfald, vrede, mani, højeste mode, ildhu, voldsom begejstring
v. intr. - rase

idioms:

  • all the rage    være højeste mode

Nederlands (Dutch)
bevlieging, woede, mode, woedeaanval, het woeden (b.v. van een storm), bruisend feest, woeden, tieren, woedend/razend zijn, genieten, heersen

Français (French)
n. - rage, colère, (faire) fureur
v. intr. - faire rage, se déchaîner (à propos de), tempêter (contre), faire la fête

idioms:

  • all the rage    (faire) fureur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wut, Toben, Sucht, große Mode
v. - rasen, toben

idioms:

  • all the rage    sehr populär

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οργή, φρένιασμα, λύσσα, μανία, παροδική μόδα ή τρέλα
v. - λυσσομανώ, μαίνομαι, φρενιάζω, είμαι έξω φρενών

idioms:

  • all the rage    πολύ της μόδας

Italiano (Italian)
imperversare, infuriare, scoppiare, furore, moda, colpo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fúria (f), paixão (f), modismo (f)
v. - enraivecer-se

idioms:

  • all the rage    popular, na moda

Русский (Russian)
свирепствовать, рассвирепеть, ярость, последний крик моды

idioms:

  • all the rage    последняя мода

Español (Spanish)
n. - rabia, furia, moda, boga, capricho, pasión, fervor
v. intr. - hacer estragos, rabiar, estar furioso, enfurecerse, bramar

idioms:

  • all the rage    hacer furor, estar en boga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - raseri
v. - rasa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
狂怒, 盛怒, 强烈的欲望, 狂热, 狂暴, 肆虐, 风靡一时的事物, 发怒, 怒斥, 流行, 盛行, 猖獗, 激烈进行

idioms:

  • all the rage    非常流行

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 狂怒, 盛怒, 強烈的慾望, 狂熱, 狂暴, 肆虐, 風靡一時的事物
v. intr. - 發怒, 怒斥, 流行, 盛行, 猖獗, 激烈進行, 肆虐

idioms:

  • all the rage    非常流行

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 격노, 열망, ~광, 대유행
v. intr. - 격노하다, 맹위를 떨치다, (병이) 대유행 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 激怒, 激しさ, 強い欲望, 熱望, 熱中
v. - 激怒する, 猛威をふるう, 暴れまわる

idioms:

  • all the rage    大流行の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غضب, ثورة, غيظ (فعل) يغتاظ, يغضب, تثور الرياح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זעם, אופנה, תשוקה, חימה, סערה‬
v. intr. - ‮נתקף חימה, סער, השתולל‬


 
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