1a. Violent, explosive anger. See synonyms at anger. b. A fit of anger. 2. Furious intensity, as of a storm or disease. 3. A burning desire; a passion. 4. A current, eagerly adopted fashion; a fad or craze: when torn jeans were all the rage.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: raged, rag·ing, rag·es 1. To speak or act in violent anger: raged at the mindless bureaucracy.2. To move with great violence or intensity: A storm raged through the mountains.3. To spread or prevail forcefully: The plague raged for months.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rabia, from Latin rabis, from rabere, to be mad.
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