rage

UK: /ˈreɪdʒ/ US: /reɪdʒ/ ,(rāj)

Inflections of 'rage' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

rages

v 3rd person singular

raging

v pres p

raged

v past

raged

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

rage /reɪdʒ/   n., v., raged, rag•ing. 
n. 

1. [uncountable] angry fury;
   violent anger.
2. a fit of violent anger:
   [countable] He flew into a rage.
3. [Informal.] an object of current popularity or fashion;
   a fad:
   [countable* usually singular;

   usually: the + ~]

   I remember when long hair was all the rage.

v. [no object]

4. to act or speak with fury;
   show or feel violent anger.
5. to move or surge furiously:
   He raged around the room.

rag•ing•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

rage  (rāj), 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. 

10. to act or speak with fury;
    show or feel violent anger;
    fulminate.
11. to move, rush, dash, or surge furiously.
12. to proceed, continue, or prevail with great violence:
    The battle raged ten days.
13. (of feelings, opinions, etc.) to hold sway with unabated violence.

• Old French ragier, derivative of rage (noun, nominal)
• Late Latin rabia, Latin rabiēs madness, rage, derivative of rabere to rage; (verb, verbal) ragen
• Old French
• (noun, nominal) Middle English 1250–1300

rage′ful, adj. 
rag′ing•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. wrath, frenzy, passion, ire, madness. See anger. 
• 3. turbulence.
• 6. eagerness, vehemence.
• 7. vogue, fad, fashion, craze.
• 10, 11. rave, fume, storm.

Antonyms

• 1. calm.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

rage / reɪdʒ/ noun

1. intense anger; fury
2. violent movement or action, esp of the sea, wind, etc
3. great intensity of hunger, sexual desire, or other feelings
4. aggressive behaviour associated with a specified environment or activity: road rage, school rage
5. a fashion or craze (esp in the phrase all the rage)
6. a dance or party

verb (intransitive)

1. to feel or exhibit intense anger
2. (esp of storms, fires, etc) to move or surge with great violence
3. (esp of a disease or epidemic) to spread rapidly and uncontrollably
4. to have a good time

Etymology: 13th Century: via Old French from Latin rabiēs madness