raging

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/ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

adjective

Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

“raging success”

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

verb
  1. 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
adjectiveraging (comparative more raging, superlative most raging)

comparative more raging · superlative most raging

  1. Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

    A raging storm kept us indoors.

    Synonyms: changeable, erratic, fickle, nonpredictable

  2. In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.

    a raging father shouting at us

    Synonyms: fierce, furious, rabid, ferocious, fierce, furious, rampant, grim

  3. 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’s

    Synonyms: greatest, maximum, utmost, extreme, ferocious, exquisite, intense, pluperfect

nounraging (plural ragings)

plural ragings

  1. A display of rage.

    To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!

    1813, Patrick Brontë, The Rural Minstrel

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveVolatile, very active or unpredictable.

adjectiveIn a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecharacterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense

Similar

adjectivevery severe

Similar

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
APA

raging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raging

MLA

“raging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raging. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raging,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raging.

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