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rage

noun · verb US /reɪdʒ/

a feeling of intense anger

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,512 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,099 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. a feeling of intense anger also: fury, madness hell hath no fury like a woman scornedhis face turned red with rage
  2. a state of extreme anger she fell into a rage and refused to answer
  3. something that is desired intensely also: passion his rage for fame destroyed him
  4. violent state of the elements the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks
  5. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal also: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult he always follows the latest fadsit was all the rage that season

verb

  1. behave violently, as if in state of a great anger also: ramp, storm
  2. be violent; as of fires and storms
  3. feel intense anger Rage against the dying of the light!

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

rage in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • He refused them with a gesture of rage.

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

  • And Arch held on, bursting with rage and glaring up at the boy.

    The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1

  • The wicked brothers stamped and foamed with rage when they saw the failure of their wicked designs.

    The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1

  • The nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass.

    The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1

  • His colour sickened more and more, He faded into age; And then his enemies began To show their deadly rage.

    Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1

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