rage.
Violent uncontrolled anger.
Meaning & usage
Violent uncontrolled anger.
A current fashion or fad.
Miniskirts were all the rage back then.
An exciting and boisterous party.
A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
Any vehement passion.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin rabiō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Classical Latin rabiēs Late Latin rabia Anglo-Norman ragebor. Middle English rage English rage From Middle English rage, from Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). Doublet of rabies. Displaced native Middle English wode, from Old English wōd ("madness, fury, rage"; compare Modern dialectal English wood (“mad, insane, furious, raging”)); and Middle English hotherte (“anger”), from Old English hātheort (“fury, anger, wrath, rage”).
To act or speak in heightened anger.
To move with great violence, as a storm etc.
To party hard; to have a good time.
To enrage.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ragen, from Old French rager, ragier, from the noun (see above). Displaced native Middle English weden (“to rage with anger”), from Old English wēdan (“to rage”), and Old English iersian, among other synonyms.
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