rage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   violent state of the elements

   the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks

2. 2
   noun

   a state of extreme anger

   They fell into a rage and refused to answer.

3. 3
   noun

   something that is desired intensely

   Their rage for fame destroyed them.

4. 4
   noun

   Violent uncontrolled anger.

   Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.

5. 5
   noun

   A current fashion or fad.

   Miniskirts were all the rage back then.

6. 6
   noun

   An exciting and boisterous party.

   That evening, Felix and Trish Homer invited me to the Sundancer for "a bit of a rage."

7. 7
   noun

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

   Tripp At Knight feels like a Carti homage, but while it certainly gestures towards the rage sound, Trippie’s imitation of Carti is largely rooted in 2019 rather than 2021.

8. 8
   noun

   Any vehement passion.

   And your true rights be termed a poet's rage

Etymology

Etymology tree Classical Latin rabiō Proto-Italic *-jēs Classical Latin -iēs Classical Latin rabiēs Late Latin rabia Anglo-Norman ragebor. Middle English rage English rage From Middle English rage, from Anglo-Norman rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs (“anger, fury”). Doublet of rabies. Displaced native Middle English wode, from Old English wōd ("madness, fury, rage"; compare Modern dialectal English wood (“mad, insane, furious, raging”)); and Middle English hotherte (“anger”), from Old English hātheort (“fury, anger, wrath, rage”).