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raging

raging

1 3.9
Very strong and intense, often violent and out of control
  • adjective
  • /ˈreɪdʒɪŋ/
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  • The raging storm caused severe damage to the coastal towns.

So edgy pie during this huge raging debate about net neutrality.

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Examples

  • After a heated argument, she felt a raging fire of anger inside her.

  • And when faced with raging thoughts, you need to be really present.

  • Basically, I had raging severe eczema.

  • If you go in to the doctor with a raging headache tomorrow, they don't operate on your brain.

  • Sometimes it's difficult to come to terms with the raging emotions in your head, your doubts, fierce anxieties.

  • Well, sometimes it's difficult to come to terms with the raging emotions in your head, your doubts, fears and anxieties.

  • You can have raging severe Hashimoto's thyroiditis and have a normal TSH.

  • He had raging doubts about his abilities before the big presentation.

Synonyms

angry
vsraging
1.0

Feeling very annoyed or upset

is more intense, often implying severe or violent expression
violent
vsraging
  • Offensive
2.5

Using strong force that causes harm

is more general, covering intense but not always harmful situations
wild
vsraging
195 2.6

Very strong in color, sound, movement, or feeling

is more focused on severity rather than simply being uncontrolled
hot
vsraging
108 1.6

Full of strong activity and excitement

is more about severity or violence rather than mere excitement
fiery
vsraging
64 3.5

Full of strong, often angry feelings

is broader, applying to strong intensity beyond heated emotion
irate
vsraging
23 5.3

Very angry and showing it

is broader, applying to severe situations beyond emotional anger
furious
vsraging
22 5.1

Very violent and dangerous, like a storm or strong wind

is broader, applying to various severe feelings, events, or natural forces
livid
vsraging
19 5.5

Very angry and hard to calm

is broader, used for severe intensity not limited to anger
tempestuous
vsraging
7 8.4

Full of strong, stormy feelings, often with loud arguments

is broader, not only emotional turmoil but any severe intensity
wrathful
vsraging
  • Literature
4 7.3

Full of very strong anger that shows on the face or in actions

is broader, including severe nonmoral forces and intense conditions
infuriated
vsraging
1 4.5

Feeling very angry because someone treated you unfairly

can describe intense states beyond anger, like violent forces
rampageous
vsraging
  • NSFW
9.9

Very violent and likely to destroy things

is broader, covering intense states beyond overt destruction
enraged
vsraging
4.1

Very angry and likely to act violently

also covers intense nonanger forces and severe conditions

Antonyms

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

235 1.0

Kind and not strong in action, sound, or touch

Compounds

A large fire that is out of control and burns many tires, making thick black smoke

How Intense

violent
  • Offensive
2.5
raging
1 3.9
severe
520 3.5
strong
1.0
moderate
415 3.3
mild
107 1.0

Surface Forms

raging positive

Morphology

raging = rage (transparent) = rage + ing

The adjective is a regular participial/derived form of the verb 'rage', so the meaning 'very intense or violent' follows directly from the base verb.

Etymology

The word raging comes from the verb rage, which originally meant 'to be very angry or wild'. So, when we call a wind, fire, or feeling raging, we imagine it as violent and out of control, which is why raging means very intense or severe.