rages

Noun

rage (countable and uncountable, plural rages)

1. Violent uncontrolled anger.
   • Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39
2. A current fashion or fad.
   • Miniskirts were all the rage back then.

   Synonyms:

   dernier cri

3. (Australia, New Zealand, US, slang) An exciting and boisterous party.
   • That evening, Felix and Trish Homer invited me to the Sundancer for "a bit of a rage."2013, Larry M. Edwards, Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss, San Diego, C.A.: Wigeon Publishing, →ISBN, page 95

   Synonyms:

   rager

4. A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
   • Tripp At Knight feels like a Carti homage, but while it certainly gestures towards the rage sound, Trippie’s imitation of Carti is largely rooted in 2019 rather than 2021.2021 December 24, Vivian Medithi, “Playboi Carti 'Whole Lotta Red' Is The Sound Of 2021 Whether You Like It Or Not”, in HipHopDX, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2021
5. (obsolete) Any vehement passion.
   • And your true rights be termed a poet's rage1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet XVII”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC

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