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Noun: rage  reyj
  1. A feeling of intense anger
    "his face turned red with rage";
    - fury, madness
     
  2. A state of extreme anger
    "she fell into a rage and refused to answer"
     
  3. Violent state of the elements
    "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks"
     
  4. Something that is desired intensely
    "his rage for fame destroyed him";
    - passion
     
  5. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal
    "it was all the rage that season";
    - fad, craze, furor [N. Amer], furore, cult
Verb: rage  reyj
  1. Feel intense anger
    "Rage against the dying of the light!"
     
  2. Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
    "The toddler raged around the room during his tantrum";
    - ramp, storm
     
  3. Be violent; as of fires and storms
    "The wildfire raged through the forest"

Derived forms: rages, raging, raged

Type of: acquit, act, anger, angriness, be, bear, behave, carry, choler, comport, conduct, deport, desire, do, exist, experience, fashion, feel, ire, violence

Encyclopedia: Rage, Tyrants