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raging

rage
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [reyj]
    • /reɪdʒ/
    • /ˈreɪ.dʒɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [reyj]
    • /reɪdʒ/

Definitions of raging word

  • noun raging angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage. 1
  • noun raging a fit of violent anger: Her rages usually don't last too long. 1
  • noun raging fury or violence of wind, waves, fire, disease, etc. 1
  • noun raging violence of feeling, desire, or appetite: the rage of thirst. 1
  • noun raging a violent desire or passion. 1
  • noun raging ardor; fervor; enthusiasm: poetic rage. 1

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Origin of raging

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Late Latin rabia, Latin rabiēs madness, rage, derivative of rabere to rage; (v.) ragen < Old French ragier, derivative of rage (noun)

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Parts of speech for Raging

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

raging popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

raging usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for raging

adj raging

  • ablaze — Something that is ablaze is burning very fiercely.
  • aflame — If something is on fire, you can say it is aflame.
  • angry — When you are angry, you feel strong dislike or impatience about something.
  • around the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • bent out of shape — very angry, upset, or agitated

noun raging

  • bravado — Bravado is an appearance of courage or confidence that someone shows in order to impress other people.
  • brute force — physical strength, power
  • destructiveness — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
  • murderousness — The state or condition of being murderous.
  • wildness — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.

adjective raging

  • aper — a person who apes, a mimic
  • coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
  • detonative — (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
  • eruptive — Of, relating to, or formed by volcanic activity.
  • explosive — Able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart, as when a bomb explodes.

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