rage

noun

Violent uncontrolled anger.

A current fashion or fad.

(slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) An exciting and boisterous party.

(music) A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.

(obsolete) Any vehement passion.

verb

(intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.

(sometimes figurative) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.

(slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) To party hard; to have a good time.

(obsolete, rare) To enrage.

Roots

rabererage- · Latin · to be mad, rave

Synonyms for rage

furyn furorn angern crazen madnessn passionn wrathn iren indignationn frenzyn rampagen exasperationn tantrumn

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