rage

[[t]reɪdʒ[/t]]

n. v. raged, rag•ing

1) angry fury; violent anger

2) a fit of violent anger (sometimes used in combination):

a flight attendant attacked, the unfortunate victim of air rage[/ex]

3) fury or violence of wind, waves, fire, disease, etc

4) violence of feeling, desire, or appetite

5) a violent desire or passion

6) ardor; fervor; enthusiasm

7) an object of current popularity; fad:

I remember when long hair was all the rage[/ex]

8) archaic insanity

9) to act or speak with fury; show or feel violent anger

10) to move, rush, dash, or surge furiously

11) to proceed, continue, or prevail with great violence

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Etymology: 1250–1300; (n.) ME < OF < LL rabia, L rabiēs rabies; (v.) ME < OF ragier, der. of rage rag′ing•ly, adv. syn: See anger