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Antonyms for rage
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : reyj |
| Phonetic Transcription : reɪdʒ |
Definition of rage
Origin :- c.1300, "madness, insanity; fit of frenzy; anger, wrath; fierceness in battle; violence of storm, fire, etc.," from Old French rage, raige "spirit, passion, rage, fury, madness" (11c.), from Medieval Latin rabia, from Latin rabies "madness, rage, fury," related to rabere "be mad, rave" (cf. rabies, which originally had this sense), from PIE *rebh- "violent, impetuous" (cf. Old English rabbian "to rage"). Similarly, Welsh (cynddaredd) and Breton (kounnar) words for "rage, fury" originally meant "hydrophobia" and are compounds based on the word for "dog" (Welsh ci, plural cwn; Breton ki). In 15c.-16c. it also could mean "rabies." The rage "fashion, vogue" dates from 1785.
- noun extreme anger
- noun something in vogue; popular notion
- verb be angry
- He flung out of the room on to the terrace and strode away in a rage.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Banstead's blatant folly had been enough to set any man in a rage.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- The thought set the geyser of his rage roaring and spouting in the face of heaven.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- What damned jolly fun it will be to send her out of the house in a rage!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- To hear her thus named moved him to a rage almost beyond his control.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The father strode across the room in a sudden access of rage.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Take any sonnet at haphazard, and you will hear the rage of his desire.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- He felt suddenly young and futile; his just rage turned to blustering in his ears.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- (in a rage, speaking with great fury, and starting up from his chair).
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- He was working himself into a rage over the wickedness of Taku-Wakin.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
Synonyms for rage
- acerbity
- acrimony
- agitation
- animosity
- apoplexy
- asperity
- be beside oneself
- be furious
- be uncontrollable
- bitterness
- blow a fuse
- blow one's top
- blow up
- blowup
- bluster
- boil over
- bristle
- caprice
- chafe
- champ at bit
- chic
- choler
- conceit
- convulsion
- craze
- crotchet
- cry
- dander
- dernier cri
- enthusiasm
- erupt
- eruption
- exasperation
- excitement
- explosion
- fad
- fancy
- fashion
- ferment
- ferocity
- fireworks
- fly off the handle
- foam at the mouth
- freak
- frenzy
- fret
- fulminate
- fume
- furor
- fury
- gall
- go berserk
- happening
- have a fit
- have a tantrum
- heat
- hemorrhage
- hot spot
- huff
- hysterics
- in
- in-spot
- in-thing
- indignation
- ire
- irritation
- last word
- latest
- latest thing
- latest wrinkle
- let off steam
- look daggers
- madness
- make a fuss over
- mania
- mode
- newest wrinkle
- now
- obsession
- outburst
- overflow
- paroxysm
- passion
- rail at
- rampage
- rant
- rant and rave
- rave
- raving
- resentment
- roar
- scold
- scream
- seethe
- snap at
- spasm
- spleen
- splutter
- squall
- steam
- storm
- style
- surge
- tantrum
- tear
- temper
- thing
- throw a fit
- umbrage
- up to the minute
- uproar
- upset
- vagary
- vehemence
- violence
- whim
- wingding
- work oneself into sweat
- wrath
- yell
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