Antonyms for raging

Grammar : Adj

Spell : reyj

Phonetic Transcription : reɪdʒ

Definition of raging

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.

adj violent; mad

Example sentences :

Night came on and with it a blinding snow storm and a raging wind.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

The thing would be raging madness—as unjust to Hester as to himself!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

I'll have to tell the oul' fella, and he'll be raging mad when he hears about it.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

Hold of it was lost in the raging fever of a nation, as it is in the fever of one patient.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Slight displacements of the raging sea, made by the falling wounded.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Where the small-pox is raging, the field to be left to the Small-Pox.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 » by Various

Bill spoke gravely and slowly, with no hint of the anger that was raging within.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

But Du Dsi Tschun remained unmoved, so the giant went off raging.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

It was hollow as the raging wind; and yet it was not the raging wind.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

An equinoctial gale was raging, or rather had been raging all day.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

Synonyms for raging

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