rage /ɹeɪd͡ʒ/noun 5verb 4forms 5phrases 2 noun5 •anger so strong that someone cannot control itHeav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd. — 1697 •A current fashion or fad.Miniskirts were all the rage back then. •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. — 2021 •(US, slang) An exciting and boisterous party.That evening, Felix and Trish Homer invited me to the Sundancer for "a bit of a rage." — 2013 •(no longer used) Any vehement passion.And your true rights be termed a poet's rage — 1609 verb4 •To act or speak in heightened anger.When a Muslim politician held a 50th birthday party, he [Zaharan Hashim] raged about how Western infidel traditions were poisoning his hometown, Kattankudy. — 2019 •(figurative) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.The two women murmured over the spirit-lamp, plotting the eternal conspiracy of hush and clean bottles while the wind raged and gave a sudden wrench at the cheap fastenings. — 1922 •(US, slang) To party hard; to have a good time.These events are all about raging hard, getting as fucked up as you can. Not necessarily even about dancing, just being a face in this giant extravaganza. — 2012 •(no longer used, rare) To enrage.The King is come, deale mildly with his youth, / For young hot Colts, being rag'd, do rage the more. — 1595 formsraged · raging · rages · rageth · ragest Phrases with rage air rageAggressive, disruptive behaviour on an aircraft. all the rageVery fashionable and popular, like a craze.
