fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion.
last year's fad is over
rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad.
Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time
crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted
Examples of rage in a Sentence
Noun
Her note to him was full of rage.
He was shaking with rage.
She was seized by a murderous rage.
His rages rarely last more than a few minutes. Verb
She raged about the injustice of their decision.
The manager raged at the umpire.
A storm was raging outside, but we were warm and comfortable indoors.
The fire raged for hours.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
But at the Hudson Theatre, where the revival has been enjoying its status as the season’s must-see hit (after a triumphant run off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop), the biting wit and thinly disguised rage coexist with implacable affection.—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024 People throwing things, bashing windows in, which speaks to the rage that people are feeling.—Alicia Dennis, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
Verb
The plot is sure to supercharge the raging policy debate over countering China’s ascension as a global power and curtailing its influence.—Matthew Cupelli, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024 Like Turnstile, Code Orange, and Power Trip before them, Knocked Loose is the latest young hardcore act to punch through the usual genre barriers to growth, and are reaching a larger audience ready for their sound of chaos and raging hooks.—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for rage
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin rabia, from Latin rabies rage, madness, from rabere to be mad; akin to Sanskrit rabhas violence
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