Unscramble raging

Definition of raging

adjective:

• characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy", "a hot engagement", "a raging battle", "the river became a raging torrent". Synonyms: hot.
• very severe; "a raging thirst", "a raging toothache".
• (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon", "furious winds", "the raging sea". Synonyms: angry, furious, tempestuous, wild.

verb:

• behave violently, as if in state of a great anger. Synonyms: rage, ramp, storm.
• be violent; as of fires and storms. Synonyms: rage.
• feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!". Synonyms: rage.
• treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher". Synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment.
• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me", "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves". Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex.
• play in ragtime; "rag that old tune". Synonyms: rag.
• harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher", "Don't ride me so hard over my failure", "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie". Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit.
• censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car", "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister", "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup". Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce.
• break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore". Synonyms: rag.

Related words

antagonise, antagonize, badger, banter, barrack, beleaguer, beset, bug, castigate, chaff, chasten, chastise, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, combust, correct, flout, fret, get, gibe, grate, hamstring, harass, harry, hassle, jeer, jolly, josh, kid, madden, molest, objurgate, oppress, peeve, persecute, pester, plague, provoke, rankle, ruffle, scoff, tease.

Words nearby

aging, paging, racing, ranging, raring, rating, raving, razing.

Rhymes with

aging, engaging, paging, staging.