rage

Universal Words noun, verb noun [U,C] a feeling of violent anger that is difficult to control: His face was dark with rage. * to be shaking / trembling / speechless with rage * Sue stormed out of the room in a rage. * He flies into a rage if you even mention the subject. IDIOMS be all the rage (informal) to be very popular and fashionable: Fax machines in cars are all the rage in California. verb 1 ~ (at / against / about sb/sth) to show that you are very angry about sth or with sb, especially by shouting: [V] He raged against the injustice of it all. * [Vspeech] 'That's unfair!' she raged. 2 [V] ~ (on) (of a storm, battle, argument, etc.) to continue in a violent way: The riots raged for three days. * The blizzard was still raging outside. 3 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] (of an illness, a fire, etc.) to spread very quickly: Forest fires were raging out of control. * A flu epidemic raged through Europe.