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
- 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
- angry
- at boiling point
- bent
- bent out of shape
- beside oneself
- blowing a gasket
- blowing one's top
- blustering
- blustery
- boiling mad
- boiling over
- enraged
- fit to be tied
- frenzied
- fuming
- furious
- going ape
- incensed
- infuriated
- irate
- mad as a hornet
- on the warpath
- rabid
- ranting and raving
- raving
- raving mad
- rough
- seeing red
- seething
- stormy
- tempestuous
- throwing a fit
- turbulent
- wild
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