RAGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does rage mean?
• RAGE (noun)
The noun RAGE has 5 senses:
1. a feeling of intense anger
2. a state of extreme anger
3. something that is desired intensely
4. violent state of the elements
5. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
Familiarity information: RAGE used as a noun is common.
• RAGE (verb)
The verb RAGE has 3 senses:
1. behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
2. be violent; as of fires and storms
3. feel intense anger
Familiarity information: RAGE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RAGE (noun)
Meaning:
A feeling of intense anger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
fury; rage; madness
Context examples:
hell hath no fury like a woman scorned / his face turned red with rage
Hypernyms ("rage" is a kind of...):
anger; choler; ire (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rage"):
wrath (intense anger (usually on an epic scale))
lividity (a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored)
Meaning:
A state of extreme anger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
she fell into a rage and refused to answer
Hypernyms ("rage" is a kind of...):
anger; angriness (the state of being angry)
Meaning:
Something that is desired intensely
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
passion; rage
Context example:
his rage for fame destroyed him
Hypernyms ("rage" is a kind of...):
desire (something that is desired)
Meaning:
Violent state of the elements
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks
Hypernyms ("rage" is a kind of...):
violence (a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.)
Meaning:
An interest followed with exaggerated zeal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
craze; fad; furor; furore; cult; rage
Context examples:
he always follows the latest fads / it was all the rage that season
Hypernyms ("rage" is a kind of...):
fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)
• RAGE (verb)
Meaning:
Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
rage; ramp; storm
Hypernyms (to "rage" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue rage
Meaning:
Be violent; as of fires and storms
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "rage" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Feel intense anger
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
Rage against the dying of the light!
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rage"):
blow a fuse; blow one's stack; blow up; combust; flip one's lid; flip one's wig; fly off the handle; go ballistic; have a fit; have kittens; hit the ceiling; hit the roof; lose one's temper; throw a fit (get very angry and fly into a rage)
foam at the mouth; froth at the mouth (be in a state of uncontrolled anger)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue rage over the results of the experiment
