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rage

/ɹeɪdʒ/

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What does rage mean?

noun

  1. Violent uncontrolled anger.
  2. A current fashion or fad.
  3. (slang) An exciting and boisterous party.
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
  2. (obsolete) Any vehement passion.

verb

  1. To act or speak in heightened anger.
  2. (figuratively) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.
  3. (slang) To party hard; to have a good time.
  4. (obsolete, rare) To enrage.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɹeɪdʒ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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With a cry of rage I turned to meet the cowardly beasts, but as I advanced they retreated as had their fellow.
Edgar Rice BurroughsThe gods of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #64
Between him and the lieutenant, scolding and near to losing his mind with rage, there was felt a subtle fellowship and equality.
Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarProject Gutenberg ebook #73
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It is impossible for language to describe the bitter scowl of rage which rendered yet darker the swarthy countenance of the Templar.
Walter ScottIvanhoe: A RomanceProject Gutenberg ebook #82
And the strength of my rage carried me so far as where the horse stood, and then I fell prone beside it.
Anthony HopeThe prisoner of ZendaProject Gutenberg ebook #95
“There was a quarrel between you. He left you in a rage, and began to make his own plans independently of you.”
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #108