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Synonyms for raging
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
raging
Fierce signifies having a furious and cruel nature, or being in a furious and cruel mood, more commonly the latter. It applies to that which is now intensely excited, or liable to intense and sudden excitement. Ferocious refers to a state or disposition; that which is fierce flashes or blazes; that which is ferocious steadily burns; we speak of a ferocious animal, a fierce passion. A fiery spirit with a good disposition is quickly excitable in a good cause, but may not be fierce or ferocious. Savage signifies untrained, uncultivated. Ferocious always denotes a tendency to violence; it is more distinctly bloodthirsty than the other words; a person may be deeply, intensely cruel, and not at all ferocious; a ferocious countenance expresses habitual ferocity; a fierce countenance may express habitual fierceness, or only the sudden anger of the moment. That which is wild is simply unrestrained; the word may imply no anger or harshness; as, wild delight, wild alarm.
Synonyms:
ferocious, fierce, fiery, furious, impetuous, savage, uncultivated, untrained, violent, wildAntonyms:
affectionate, docile, gentle, harmless, kind, mild, patient, peaceful, submissive, sweet, tame, tender
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
hot, ragingadjective
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:
spicy, hot, angry, blistering, red-hot, tempestuous, wild, live, furiousAntonyms:
mild, nonviolent, calmragingadjective
very severe
"a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache"
Synonyms:
furious, tempestuous, angry, hot, wildAntonyms:
nonviolent, calm, mildangry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wildadjective
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger
"angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"
Synonyms:
stormy, hot, maddened, wild, gaga, enraged, violent, untamed, unfounded, ferocious, fierce, hazardous, tempestuous, godforsaken, dotty, angered, uncivilised, uncivilized, waste, baseless, risky, angry, idle, infuriated, savage, fantastic, groundless, crazy, raving mad, barbarian, barbaric, furious, unwarrantedAntonyms:
nonviolent, mild, calm
Dictionary of English Synonymes
ragingadjective
Synonyms:
furious, enraged, infuriate, infuriated, incensed, very angryragingnoun
Synonyms:
fury, violence, impetuosity
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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List of paraphrases for "raging":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#461 | live | |
#487 | hot | |
#1980 | waste | |
#2028 | wild | |
#3304 | crazy | |
#4089 | fantastic | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#5940 | violent | |
#6547 | angry | |
#9013 | idle | |
#9792 | savage | |
#13395 | spicy | |
#15142 | fierce | |
#15665 | risky | |
#16835 | furious | |
#18470 | fiery | |
#18847 | raging | |
#23805 | stormy | |
#26177 | barbarian | |
#36686 | unfounded | |
#37717 | unwarranted | |
#39249 | angered | |
#39424 | ferocious | |
#40699 | blistering | |
#43466 | enraged | |
#43810 | barbaric | |
#48964 | untrained | |
#51788 | untamed | |
#60134 | baseless | |
#61305 | dotty | |
#61739 | gaga | |
#69595 | infuriated | |
#76435 | vehement | |
#78256 | plaguing | |
#83664 | impetuous | |
#84338 | groundless | |
#102327 | uncivilized | |
#106455 | tempestuous | |
#120346 | infuriate | |
#122011 | uncultivated | |
#162789 | godforsaken | |
#163260 | maddened | |
#236180 | uncivilised |
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Obama believes that reaching a nuclear deal with Iran could be his foreign policy legacy. The Americans are not looking at the deal with Iran in terms of its regional impact, the U.S. deal with Iran would deeply intensify a new cold war that has been unfolding between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Sunni Saudi Arabia allies on one hand and Iran. It would likely pour more gasoline on the raging fires in the Gulf Arab heartland.
The world's advanced economies are in the midst of this pandemic right now and, of course, they must do everything they can to help their own people, but the fact is, global action is also a matter of self-interest. As long as the pandemic is still raging anywhere, it will pose a threat everywhere.
Everyone always seems amazed that I'm not a raging monster as a human being from growing up in the industry so young, the only people that aren't amazed by that are people who know my parents because, I'm there son so it makes sense that I would turn out okay. I owe them my sanity and they're amazing.
We're still in the middle of a raging and rising opioid epidemic in this country, and kids younger and younger are getting into it, and the fentanyl is just -- well, it's literally killing them.
All while the storm is raging, the winds are raging, and we're handling a third alarm fire. An ambulance trapped with people. A hundred fifty people calling for help, and we're only 8.4 square miles -- that's a lot going on.
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