Collocations for rage - noun
1. great anger
ADJ.
blind, cold, icy, pure | helpless, impotent
burning with impotent rage
burning with impotent rage
pent-up, suppressed
QUANT.
fit, burst
He punched the wall in a fit of rage.
He punched the wall in a fit of rage.
VERB + RAGE
be beside yourself with, be boiling/burning with, be choked with, be filled with, be full of, be purple/red/white with, be rigid/stiff with, be shaking/trembling with, feel, seethe with
He glared at me, quite beside himself with rage. ‘How dare you!’ she said, her voice choked with rage.
He glared at me, quite beside himself with rage. ‘How dare you!’ she said, her voice choked with rage.
vent
The people vented their rage on government buildings.
The people vented their rage on government buildings.
control, master
He managed to master his rage.
He managed to master his rage.
RAGE + VERB
build up
She felt the rage building up inside her.
She felt the rage building up inside her.
erupt
His rage suddenly erupted.
His rage suddenly erupted.
subside
His rage was beginning to subside.
His rage was beginning to subside.
PREP.
with ~
She was speechless with rage.
She was speechless with rage.
~ at
boiling with rage at the unfairness of it all
boiling with rage at the unfairness of it all
PHRASES
a bellow/cry/roar/shout of rage
He gave a roar of rage and punched me in the face.
He gave a roar of rage and punched me in the face.
tears of rage
2. sudden display of great anger
ADJ.
blind, terrible, towering | jealous | drunken
She smashed up his car in a drunken rage.
She smashed up his car in a drunken rage.
VERB + RAGE
be in, fly into, get in
If something's too difficult she gets in a rage.
If something's too difficult she gets in a rage.
PREP.
in a ~
She killed him in a rage of despair.
She killed him in a rage of despair.
~ about
He was in a towering rage about his lost watch.
He was in a towering rage about his lost watch.
~ at
He flew into a rage at the insult.
He flew into a rage at the insult.
~ of
He left in a rage of humiliation.
He left in a rage of humiliation.