raging

raging
adjective (violent; extreme: raging toothache; a raging storm.) rasend
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rag·ing
[ˈreɪʤɪŋ]
adj
1. GEOG (flowing fast) reißend attr
the rains had turned the stream into a \raging torrent die Regenfälle hatten den Bach in einen reißenden Strom verwandelt
the \raging floodwaters die reißenden Fluten
2. (burning fiercely) fire lodernd attr
a \raging inferno ein flammendes Inferno
3. METEO (very violent) tobend attr
a \raging blizzard/gale ein tobender Schneesturm/Sturm
the \raging sea die tosende See
a \raging storm ein heftiges Unwetter
4. (severe) rasend
a \raging fever wahnsinniges Fieber fam
a \raging headache/toothache rasende Kopf-/Zahnschmerzen pl
to have a \raging temperature sehr hohes Fieber haben
\raging thirst schrecklicher Durst
5. (fam: extreme) äußerst
a \raging bore ein totaler Langweiler fam
a \raging success ein voller Erfolg
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['reIdZɪŋ]
1. adj
person wütend; fever heftig, sehr hoch; temperature sehr hoch; thirst brennend; pain, toothache rasend; storm, sea, wind tobend; inflation galoppierend; debate hitzig, wütend, heftig; nationalist, feminist radikal, extrem, heftig; nationalism, feminism radikal, extrem

he was raging — er tobte

to be in a raging temper — eine fürchterliche Laune haben

to be raging mad (inf) — eine Stinkwut haben (inf)

a raging success — ein überwältigender Erfolg

2. n
(of person, storm) Toben nt, Rasen nt; (of sea) Toben nt
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adj.
rasend adj.
stürmend adj.
wütend adj.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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