rage has definitions from the field of psychology
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[ noun ] a feeling of intense anger

Synonyms

fury madness

Examples

"hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" "his face turned red with rage"

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

Piepsam tries to stop him by force , receives a push in the chest from `` Life '' , and is left standing in impotent and growing rage , while a crowd begins to gather .

His rage assumes a religious form ; that_is , on the basis of his own sinfulness and abject wretchedness , Piepsam becomes a prophet who in his ecstasy and in the name of God imprecates doom on Life - not_only the cyclist now , but the audience , the world , as_well : `` all you light-headed breed '' .

Piepsam 's fatal rage arises not_only because he cannot stop the cyclist , but also because God will not stop him ; as Piepsam says to the crowd in his last moments : `` His justice is not of this world '' .

(W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)

His eyes were old and they never saw well , but heated with whisky they 'd glare at my noise , growing red and raising_up his rage .

Related terms

anger wrath lividity ramp

2
[ noun ] a state of extreme anger

Examples

"she fell into a rage and refused to answer"

Used in print

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

Then they let_out a bellow of anguish and rage and , cursing , screaming and hollering `` Garryowen '' ! they charged into the enemy like wild_men .

Related terms

anger ramp

3
[ verb ] behave violently, as if in a great rage

Synonyms

storm ramp

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

`` I 'll be ready next time '' ! he raged .

Related terms

act storm rampage

4
[ verb ] be violent; as of fires and storms

Used in print

("National Affairs"...)

As the battle raged in the cloakrooms and caucuses , it became clear that Judge_Smith could lose .

(Science of Mind, 34:11...)

Next we imagine our blizzard raging over all the land_areas of the entire globe - North_America , South_America , Europe , Asia , and Africa , all covered with peas four feet deep ; then we have sextillion peas .

Related terms

be

5
[ noun ] something that is desired intensely

Synonyms

passion

Examples

"his rage for fame destroyed him"

Used in print

(Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)

God_knew his tears were his to shed if he so desired , for it had not been with an egotist 's rage for fame that he had held precious his naval career .

Related terms

desire

6
[ verb ] feel intense anger

Examples

"Rage against the dying of the light!"

Used in print

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Ever since the fourth century a controversy had raged over the person of Christ .

7
[ noun ] violent state of the elements

Examples

: "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks"

Related terms

violence

8
[ noun ] (psychology) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal

Examples

: "he always follows the latest fads" "it was all the rage that season"

Related terms

fashion

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