Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rage
Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16
comparative more raging · superlative most raging
- Volatile, very active or unpredictable.
A raging storm kept us indoors.
Synonyms: changeable, erratic, fickle, nonpredictable
- Extreme; intense.
raging success
2 more examples
a raging lesbian
Oh, and a minifridge full of Smirnoff. Yeah, you should totally come by. It's gonna be raging.
2021 September 7, Charlie Berens ft. Taylor Calmus, Guys Trip: 20’s vs 30’sSynonyms: greatest, maximum, utmost, extreme, ferocious, exquisite, intense, pluperfect
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVolatile, very active or unpredictable.
adjectiveIn a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.
adjectiveExtreme; intense.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivevery severe
adjective(of the elements) as if showing violent anger
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian яростен, бесен
- яростен (jarosten)in a state of rage
- бесен (besen)in a state of rage
Dutch razend
- razendvolatile, very unpredictable
Finnish äkkipikainen, ennalta-arvaamaton
- äkkipikainenvolatile, very unpredictable
- ennalta-arvaamatonvolatile, very unpredictable
- raivopäinenin a state of rage
- raivostunutin a state of rage
Māori nana
- nanavolatile, very unpredictable
Norwegian Bokmål rasende
- rasendevolatile, very unpredictable
Spanish furioso, furia
- furiosovolatile, very unpredictable
- furiavolatile, very unpredictable
Ukrainian розлютований
- розлютований (rozljutovanyj)in a state of rage
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Cite this entry
raging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raging
“raging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raging. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raging,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raging.
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