raging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

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  Rhymes: -eɪd͡ʒɪŋ

Verb

raging

1. present participle and gerund of rage
   • 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:

     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.

Adjective

raging (comparative more raging, superlative most raging)

1. Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

   A raging storm kept us indoors.

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

   a raging father shouting at us

3. Extreme; intense.

   raging success

   a raging lesbian

   • 2021 September 7, Charlie Berens ft. Taylor Calmus, Guys Trip: 20’s vs 30’s:

     Oh, and a minifridge full of Smirnoff. Yeah, you should totally come by. It's gonna be raging.

Translations

volatile, very unpredictable

• Dutch: razend (nl)
• Finnish: äkkipikainen (fi), ennalta-arvaamaton
• Maori: nana
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rasende

• Spanish: furioso (es), (con) furia (es) f

in a state of rage

• Bulgarian: яростен (bg) (jarosten), бесен (bg) (besen)
• Finnish: raivopäinen, raivostunut (fi)
• Ukrainian: розлютований m (rozljutovanyj)

Noun

raging (plural ragings)

1. A display of rage.
   • 1813, Patrick Brontë, The Rural Minstrel:

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

Anagrams

• Riggan, gringa