rage
noun [C or U] (ANGER) /reɪdʒ/Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
B2 (a period of) extreme or violent anger: Her sudden towering rages were terrifying. I was frightened because I had never seen him in such a rage before. He flew into a fit of rage over the smallest mistake.Anger and displeasure
(Definition of rage noun (ANGER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -rage suffix
- anger noun
- annoyance noun
- apoplexy noun (ANGER)
- bad feeling idiom
- benny noun
- bitterness noun (ANGER)
- get the hump idiom
- grit your teeth idiom
- grudge noun
- hard feelings idiom
- hissy (fit) noun
- huff noun
- irritation noun (ANGER)
- paddy noun
- pique noun
- rancour noun
- road rage noun
- slow burn noun (ANGER)
- spleen noun (ANGER)
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Anger and displeasure
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