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rag·ing

(rā′jĭng)

adj.

1. Very active and unpredictable; volatile: a raging debate; a raging fire.

2. Remarkable; extraordinary: a raging hit on prime-time TV.

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raging

(ˈreɪdʒɪŋ)

adj

1. feeling or exhibiting intense anger

2. (esp of storms, fires, etc) moving or surging with great violence

3. extreme or intense: a raging thirst.

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Adj.	1.	raging - 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" hot violent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"
	2.	raging - very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache" intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
	3.	raging - (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" angry, tempestuous, furious, wild stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"

raging

adjective

1. furious, mad, raving, fuming, frenzied, infuriated, incensed, enraged, seething, fizzing (Scot.), incandescent, foaming at the mouth, fit to be tied (slang), boiling mad (informal), beside yourself, doing your nut (Brit. slang) Inside, she was raging.

2. stormy, strong, wild, violent, turbulent, tempestuous raging seas

3. severe, acute, extreme, excessive, searing, very great He felt a raging thirst.

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raging

adjective

Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms:

dirty, heavy, roiled, roily, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild.

Translations

عَنيف، عاصِف، شَديد

prudkýzuřící

hærgende

rasend

violent

ofsafenginn

furioso impetuoso rabido

zúriaci

şiddetli

剧烈的

raging

[ˈreɪdʒɪŋ]

A. ADJ

1. (= fierce) [temper] → furioso, rabioso; [debate] → acalorado; [nationalist, feminist] → acérrimo, a ultranza; [nationalism] → enfervorizado
he was in a raging temper → estaba muy furioso
to be raging mad → estar loco de furia or ira

2. (= violent) [storm, thunder, blizzard] → violento, rugiente; [wind, torrent] → enfurecido, rugiente; [sea] → embravecido, enfurecido, rugiente; [fire] → violento

3. (= intense) [temperature, fever, inflation] → altísimo; [illness, headache, toothache] → atroz; [thirst] → horroroso
to be a raging success → tener un éxito tremendo

B. N [of person] → furia f
for a few moments he continued his raging → continuó dando rienda suelta a su furia durante un rato
I couldn't hear her over the raging of the sea → no podía oírla por el rugir del mar

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raging

[ˈreɪdʒɪŋ] adj

(= furious) [person] → furieux/euse
in a raging temper → dans une rage folle

[sea, storm] → en furie

[fever, pain] → violent(e)
raging toothache → rage f de dents
to have a raging thirst → mourir de soif

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

raging

adj person → wütend; fever → heftig, sehr hoch; temperature → sehr hoch; thirst → brennend; pain, toothache → rasend; storm, sea, wind → tobend; inflation → galoppierend; debate → hitzig, wütend, heftig; nationalist, feminist → radikal, extrem, heftig; nationalism, feminism → radikal, extrem; he was raging → er tobte; to be in a raging temper → eine fürchterliche Laune haben; to be raging mad (inf) → eine Stinkwut haben (inf); a raging success → ein überwältigender Erfolg

n (of person, storm) → Toben nt, → Rasen nt; (of sea) → Toben nt

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raging

[ˈreɪdʒɪŋ] adj (all senses) → furioso/a
in a raging temper → su tutte le furie
I've got a raging thirst/toothache → muoio di sete/dal mal di denti

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rage

(reidʒ) noun

1. (a fit of) violent anger. He flew into a rage; He shouted with rage.

2. violence; great force. the rage of the sea.

verb

1. to act or shout in great anger. He raged at his secretary.

2. (of wind, storms etc) to be violent; to blow with great force. The storm raged all night.

3. (of battles, arguments etc) to be carried on with great violence. The battle raged for two whole days.

4. (of diseases etc) to spread quickly and affect many people. Fever was raging through the town.

ˈraging adjective

violent; extreme. raging toothache; a raging storm.

(all) the rage

very much in fashion.

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