RAGING Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈrā-jiŋ

Definition of raging

as in wrenching

intensely or unbearably painful I've had a raging headache

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verb

present participle of rage

as in storming

to express one's anger usually violently the series of bad calls prompted the coach to rage about the refereeing

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as in steaming

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger still raging about his assistant's burnt pies, the pastry cook forgot to add the egg whites to his cake batter

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Recent Examples of raging

Adjective

His disregard not just for the conventional norms of the office but, more importantly, his disregard for the truth in matters both personal and presidential add fuel to what was already a pretty raging fire. — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 14 Jan. 2020 Newsletter Sign-up The aggressive forecasts add to a raging debate among energy executives and analysts over what the coming decades may hold for the industry. — Sarah Kent, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2018 My Dad took us down to watch the raging water flow under the bridge. — Benjamin Oreskes, latimes.com, 2 Mar. 2018 Sessions’ comments, coupled with cable news’ nearly nonstop commentary, gives the impression of a raging discourse among economists over the economic impact of immigration. — Benjamin Harris, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2017 So the American Whitewater Association created a seven-level standardized rating system covers everything from still water streams to continuous raging rapids for the more advanced river scout. — Peter Reese, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2017

Verb

Jean Massillon, who became a prominent voice against gang violence after his mountainous enclave became a battleground in Haiti’s raging violence, has died, the country’s central government announced on Friday. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026 Flames were raging on the undercarriage of the car and smoke was billowing into the air. — Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 By March 1944, the Second World War had been raging for four and a half years, killing tens of millions. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 The department identified the deceased as a resident of Lancaster County, which is the epicenter of a raging outbreak that began in late April. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026 That is the question plaguing university leaders across the country, and nowhere is the debate raging more fiercely these days than at the University of California. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Twenty-five campers and two teenage counselors at the Christian all-girls camp were killed as the raging Guadalupe River surged beyond its banks before dawn on July 4, 2025. — ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026 However, his raging protectiveness over what might be lost — language, attire, ritual, even memory — grows more pronounced as Rio veers further into phantasmagoria by way of dreams and visions. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026 Playing a raging narcissist intoxicated with her own vocal calisthenics, Scherzinger gets one of the movie’s rare amusing moments, warbling in airy Mariah Carey melisma style even while weeping. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for raging

Adjective

Richard Ables guided families through one of life’s most wrenching rituals at the historic Hall Brothers Funeral Home.

— Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2026
After a quiet episode focused on Hal Jordan’s passing, Lanterns’s penultimate chapter deepens the mystery in surprising and wrenching ways.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of wrenching

Verb

Shawn, his parents, and the stranger were sitting around the dining table, their bowls of rice steaming before them, when the knock came.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Exhibiting a pile of hot, steaming garbage might have been more transgressive than showing these sculptures.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of steaming

Adjective

Pike committed the crime over an intense romantic jealousy of Slemmer, who allegedly attempted to steal her boyfriend’s attention.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Carnegie Hall seats well over 3,000 people, but this intense, no-frills performance film gives life to the old saying about feeling alone in a crowd.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of intense

Verb

Israeli settlers attacked at least eight Palestinian villages in the West Bank, burning cars and olive trees and beating residents as the annual harvest got underway.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Additional videos from the scene show a man with a bloodied face after the attack, as well as flame pouring out of a burning car with Palestinian license plates.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of burning

Adjective

The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on Alberto Sierra’s estranged wife and her two young daughters detailed on Friday their torturous final moments, testifying during Sierra’s death penalty trial.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
In a wartorn country where air travel is too perilous to even consider, the roads are the obvious option, but are jammed, precarious, and cursed with long, torturous border queues.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of torturous

Verb

Some carts were stacked high with metal steamers, while others held vats of boiling water to blanch tender stalks of gai lan.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Residents and businesses in South Fulton, Fairburn, Union City, Chattahoochee Hills and Palmetto can use tap water without boiling it after Atlanta officials lifted the boil water advisory Wednesday morning.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of boiling

Adjective

Many of those wins have been agonizing for the Bears to endure like when TCU upset a top-10 Baylor squad in 2021 or when the Horned Frogs scored a walk-off field goal the very next season in Waco to keep their undefeated season alive.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
In her book, Dawood writes about an investigator telling her not to go down the agonizing road of hindsight.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of agonizing

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