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| Main Entry: |
raging
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | violent; mad |
| Synonyms: | angry, at boiling point, bent out of shape, bent*, beside oneself, blowing a gasket, blowing one's top, blustering, blustery, boiling mad, boiling over, enraged, fit to be tied, frenzied, fuming, furious, going ape, incensed, infuriated, irate, mad as a hornet, on the warpath, rabid*, ranting and raving, raving, raving mad, rough, seeing red, seething, stormy, tempestuous, throwing a fit, turbulent, wild |
| Antonyms: | delighted, giddy, gleeful, happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bristle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become upset, excited |
| Synonyms: | be angry, be infuriated, be maddened, blow up, boil, boil over, bridle, flare, flare up, fume, get one's dander up, rage, rise, ruffle, see red, seethe, spit*, stand on end, swell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erupt, blow |
| Synonyms: | blaze, boil over, break out, burn, burn up, burst, dart, dazzle, explode, fire up, flash, flicker, flutter, fume, glare, glow, go off, lose control, rant, seethe, shimmer, shoot, waver |
| Notes: | flair is a natural talent or distinctive and stylish elegance while a flare (noun) is a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate - flare (verb) means to burn brightly or to erupt or intensify suddenly |
| Main Entry: | outrage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrong, offend, abuse |
| Synonyms: | affront, aggrieve, boil over, burn up, defile, deflower, desecrate, do violence to, fire up, force, ill- treat, incense, infuriate, injure, insult, jar, kick up a row, madden, make hit the ceiling, maltreat, mistreat, misuse, oppress, persecute, raise Cain, rape, ravage, ravish, reach boiling point, scandalize, shock, spoil, violate, whip up |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be angry |
| Synonyms: | be beside oneself, be furious, be uncontrollable, blow a fuse, blow one's top, blow up, boil over, bristle, chafe, champ at bit, erupt, fly off the handle, foam at the mouth, fret, fulminate, fume, go berserk, have a fit, have a tantrum, let off steam, look daggers, make a fuss over, overflow, rail at, rampage, rant, rant and rave, rave, roar, scold, scream, seethe, snap at, splutter, steam, storm, surge, tear, throw a fit, work oneself into sweat, yell |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Antonyms: | be happy |
| Main Entry: | lose one's temper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get angry and lose control |
| Synonyms: | become irate, blow one's top, blow up, boil over |
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| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
acrimonious, angry, begrumpled, bitter, boiling, boiling over, burning, cantankerous, convulsed with rage, cross, diversivolent, emporté, fierce, fiery, flushed with anger, flushed with rage, foaming, foaming at the mouth, fractious, fuming, furibund, furious, glowering, horn, indignant, infuriate, iracund, irascent, irate, ireful, mad with rage, madbrained, offended, on one's high ropes, rabid, rageful, raging, relentless, savage, set against, sore, spleenful, splenetic, stomachous, sulky, surly, thrunched, umbrageous, up in arms, violent, virulent, warm, waxy, wild, worked up, wrath, wrathful, wrought, zowerswopped
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