raged Definition

rage
noun

1. Madness.
2a. Overpowering violent passion of any kind, such as desire or especially anger;

Thesaurus: anger, fury, wrath, ire, fury, vehemence.
2b. A fit of such passion.

Thesaurus: frenzy, conniption (US slang), passion, tantrum.
3. Said of the wind, the sea, a battle, etc: violent, stormy action.
4. An intense desire or passion for something.
5. colloq
A widespread, usually temporary, fashion or craze.
Thesaurus: style, fad, fashion, vogue, craze, mania.
(Austral & NZ)
6. colloq
A party or dance.

verb, intr raged, raging

1. To be violently angry.
2. To speak wildly with anger or passion; to rave.

Thesaurus: rant, rave, inveigh, fulminate, storm, explode, seethe, fume, chafe.
3. Said of the wind, the sea, a battle, etc: to be stormy and unchecked.

Derivative: rager
noun

Derivative: raging
noun

Violently angry behaviour.
Thesaurus: furious, frenzied, incensed, irate, infuriated, seething, fuming, fulminating.

adj

Violently angry; wild or stormy

Derivative: ragingly
adverb

Idiom: all the rage

colloq
Very much in fashion.
Example: In the late 70s safety pins were all the rage

Etymology: 13c: from French, from Latin rabies madness.