- rage
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 great angerADJECTIVE▪ blind, pure▪ blinding, boiling, burning, seething, uncontrollable▪ homicidal (esp. AmE), murderous▪ helpless, impotent▪
She was burning with impotent rage.
▪ pent-up, suppressed… OF RAGE▪ bout, burst, fit▪He punched the wall in a fit of rage.
VERB + RAGE▪ be full of, feel, fill sb with▪He was filled with rage.
▪ be beside yourself with, be boiling with, burn with, explode with, fume with, seethe with▪He glared at me, quite beside himself with rage.
▪Her eyes were burning with rage.
▪I was seething with rage.
▪ be contorted with, contort with▪‘How dare you!’ she said, her face contorted with rage.
▪ shake with, tremble with▪He was literally shaking with rage.
▪Her voice was trembling with rage.
▪ be red with, be white with▪ express, unleash, vent▪The people vented their rage on government buildings.
▪ fuel▪His answer only seemed to fuel her rage.
▪ channel, control, master▪He managed to master his rage.
RAGE + VERB▪ boil, boil over, boil up, burn▪Ron felt rage boil up inside him.
▪Her rage boiled over as she burst into tears.
▪ build up, grow▪She felt the rage building up inside her.
▪ consume sb, fill sb▪Blind rage consumed him.
▪ erupt▪His rage suddenly erupted.
▪ subside▪His rage was beginning to subside.
PREPOSITION▪ with rage▪She was speechless with rage.
▪ rage at▪He was boiling with rage at the unfairness of it all.
PHRASES▪ a bellow of rage, a cry of rage, a roar of rage, a scream of rage▪He gave a roar of rage and punched me in the face.
▪ tears of rage2 sudden display of great angerADJECTIVE▪ blind, terrible, towering▪ violent▪He was prone to violent rages.
▪ jealous▪ drunken▪She started hitting him in a drunken rage.
▪ air, road, etc.▪A motorist was assaulted in a road rage attack.
VERB + RAGE▪ be in, fly into, get in▪If something's too difficult she gets in a rage.
PREPOSITION▪ in a rage▪She killed him in a rage of despair.
▪ rage about▪He was in a towering rage about his lost watch.
▪ rage at▪He flew into a rage at the insult.
▪ rage of▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He left in a rage of humiliation.
verb1 show great angerADVERB▪ inwardlyPREPOSITION▪ about▪She was still raging about the treatment she had received.
▪ against▪I raged inwardly against his injustice.
▪ at▪The team was left raging at the referee's decision.
2 continue with great forceADVERB▪ on, still▪The argument still rages on.
PREPOSITION▪ around▪Even the dogs were quiet while the heated quarrel raged around them.
▪ through▪Fire raged through the forest.
▪ within▪She tried to control the fury raging within her.
PHRASES▪ rage unabated▪The storm raged unabated.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
