rage

/ɹeɪd͡ʒ/
nounverb

Violent uncontrolled anger.

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Noun 3 meanings

  1. Violent uncontrolled anger.

  2. A current fashion or fad.

    “Miniskirts were all the rage back then.”

  3. A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.

Verb 2 meanings

  1. To act or speak in heightened anger.

  2. To move with great violence, as a storm etc.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English rage, from Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). Doublet of rabies.

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RAGE at a glance

RAGE has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (R 1 + A 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,907 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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