rage (/reɪdʒ/)
noun · Intermediate · Emotions & Feelings
🔊 /reɪdʒ/
Meaning
Meaning: violent anger
A feeling of very strong, often uncontrollable, anger.
Examples
🗣 Blind with rage, he slammed his fist on the table before storming out of the room.
Etymology
From Old French ‘rage’, from Latin ‘rabies’ (madness, fury).
How & Where It’s Used
A strong word for fierce anger; also a fashion craze, ‘all the rage’.
Tags: emotion, anger