rage
has definitions from the field of psychology
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[ noun ] a feeling of intense anger
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 . |
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[ 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 . |
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[ 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 |
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[ noun ] something that is desired intensely
Synonyms 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 |
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[ 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 . Related terms |
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[ noun ] violent state of the elements
Examples : "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks" Related terms |
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