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Definition of Raging
1. Adjective. Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense. "The river became a raging torrent"
2. Adjective. Very severe. "A raging toothache"
3. Adjective. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger. "The raging sea"
Similar to: Stormy
Derivative terms: Angriness, Furiousness, Fury, Tempest, Tempestuousness, Wildness
Definition of Raging
1. Verb. (present participle of rage) ¹
2. Adjective. Volatile, very active or unpredictable. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: of an erection) Extremely aroused, rock hard, long lasting, insatiable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Raging
1. rage [v] - See also: rage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raging
Literary usage of Raging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"And gaze with a troubled eye On the raging waves now echoing near, ... And now,
ere returns the raging tide, The youth to Heaven doth pray, ..."
2. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"floor, whilst the wind and rain are raging audibly without, ' And at the doors
and windows seem to call, As heaven and earth they would together mell; ..."
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