Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: raging
IPA transcription: [ɹ'eɪdʒɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild
    Meaning: (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"
  • Synonyms: raging
    Meaning: very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache"
  • Synonyms: hot, raging
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • Buck was raging.
  • The Wolf was raging with impatience.
  • He blundered about, raging, forcing a path now here, now there.
  • He poured out a tumultuous cry vibrant with every passion raging in him.
  • It would be hardly possible for a tearing, raging wind to make itself more visible.
  • Down the hill they stopped at the edge of a raging torrent and strained their eyes to see what lay on the other side.
  • "All day yesterday, when she wasn't sick she was raging at me from the upper berth, and I too ill to say a word in reply.
  • She felt very sorry for poor little Amy, raging there in her high berth like some imprisoned creature, but she was powerless to help her.
  • It is a first-rate building in an extraordinarily sheltered spot; whilst the wind was raging at the ship this morning we enjoyed comparative peace.
  • The prince had hardly left her before the witch resumed her proper shape and tore about the room, raging and storming and flinging the beautiful silk on the floor.