Rageful
/ˈreɪdʒ.fəl/noun
Full of rage or showing intense anger.
Did you know?Rage and rageful ultimately descend from Latin rabies, the same root behind rabid, a word that originally meant a maddened, foaming fury.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
rabies
“madness, frenzy, violent fury”
Old French
Old French
rage
“fury, violent anger”
Middle English
Middle English
rage
“violent anger, madness, frenzy”
Late Middle English
Middle English
rageful
“full of rage; furious”
Modern English
English
rageful
“full of rage or showing intense anger”