rage
1. a feeling of intense anger (Freq. 21)
- hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
- his face turned red with rage
• Syn:
fury, madness
• Derivationally related forms:
mad (for: madness), furious (for: fury), infuriate (for: fury)
• Hypernyms:
anger, choler, ire
• Hyponyms:
wrath, lividity
2. a state of extreme anger (Freq. 4)
- she fell into a rage and refused to answer
• Hypernyms:
anger, angriness
3. something that is desired intensely (Freq. 1)
- his rage for fame destroyed him
• Syn:
passion
• Hypernyms:
desire
4. violent state of the elements
- the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks
• Hypernyms:
violence
5. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- he always follows the latest fads
- it was all the rage that season
• Syn:
fad, craze, furor, furore, cult
• Derivationally related forms:
crazy (for: craze), faddy (for: fad), faddist (for: fad)
• Hypernyms:
fashion
1. behave violently, as if in state of a great anger (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
ramp, storm
• Derivationally related forms:
storm (for: storm), rampant (for: ramp), rampage (for: ramp)
• Hypernyms:
act, behave, do
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Sam and Sue rage
2. be violent;
as of fires and storms (Freq. 4)
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. feel intense anger (Freq. 1)
- Rage against the dying of the light!
• Hyponyms:
flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling,
have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig,
lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic, foam at the mouth, froth at the mouth
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Sam and Sue rage over the results of the experiment
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