# rage

Pronunciation: say "RAYJ" /ɹeɪd͡ʒ/

## Noun

1. Violent anger that a person cannot control.
   - Simple: Very strong anger that you cannot hold back.
   - _Blind rage drove him to overturn the table._
   - _She struggled to control the rage building inside her._
4. A current fashion, fad, or craze.
   - Simple: A fashion or activity that is very popular right now.
   - _Minimalist interiors are the rage in design circles this season._
   - _The new fitness app quickly became the rage among office workers._
5. An exciting, wild, and noisy party. *(slang, Australia, New Zealand, US)*
   - Simple: A loud, exciting party with lots of energy.
   - _The beach bonfire turned into an all-night rage._
   - _Everyone still talks about that rage after the championship win._
7. A subgenre of trap music from the United States in the 2020s, known for its 808 bass and aggressive, distorted synths.
   - Simple: A type of trap music with heavy bass and harsh, distorted electronic sounds.
   - _Producers blend rage with mainstream pop to reach wider audiences._
   - _The mixtape leans heavily into rage, all distorted synths and pounding 808s._

## Verb

2. To act or speak with intense, heated anger.
   - Simple: To shout or behave in a very angry way.
   - _She raged against the unfair decision for hours._
   - _Protesters rage outside the courthouse every morning._
3. To move or continue with great violence, as a storm does.
   - Simple: To move with great force, the way a storm does.
   - _The blizzard raged for three days without pause._
   - _Battles rage along the border whenever tensions rise._
6. To party energetically and enjoy oneself. *(slang, Australia, New Zealand, US)*
   - Simple: To party hard and have a great time.
   - _The seniors raged downtown after the last exam._
   - _Students rage hard once midterms are behind them._

## Noun

8. Any intense or overpowering passion. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A very strong feeling of any kind, not just anger.
   - _The poet sang of love with a rage that bordered on madness._
   - _A rage for glory drove the young officer into every battle._

## Verb

9. To make someone furious; to enrage. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To make someone very angry.
   - _The betrayal raged him past all hope of a calm reply._
   - _Few things rage a proud lord like open mockery._

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 4–5, 7–8** — It comes from Middle English rage, from Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, and ultimately from Classical Latin rabiēs ("anger, fury"). It is a doublet of rabies and replaced the native Old English word wōd ("madness, fury").
**Meanings 2–3, 6, 9** — The verb comes from Middle English ragen, from Old French rager or ragier, which was formed from the noun. It replaced native Old English words such as wēdan ("to rage").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/rage (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).