Dictionary![]() ![]() ragePronunciation: (rāj), [key] —n., v., raged, rag•ing. —n. 1. angry fury; violent anger. 2. a fit of violent anger. 3. fury or violence of wind, waves, fire, disease, etc. 4. violence of feeling, desire, or appetite: the rage of thirst. 5. a violent desire or passion. 6. ardor; fervor; enthusiasm: poetic rage. 7. the object of widespread enthusiasm, as for being popular or fashionable: Raccoon coats were the rage on campus. 8. Archaic.insanity. 9. all the rage, widely popular or in style. —v.i. 1. to act or speak with fury; show or feel violent anger; fulminate. 2. to move, rush, dash, or surge furiously. 3. to proceed, continue, or prevail with great violence: The battle raged ten days. 4. (of feelings, opinions, etc.) to hold sway with unabated violence. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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