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单词 road rage
释义

road rage

noun

: a motorist's uncontrolled anger that is usually provoked by another motorist's irritating act and is expressed in aggressive or violent behavior

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Anger boiling over on L.A. streets: The first six months of 2022 saw 459 reports of road rage in Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles Police Department data. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 Police believe the shooting was a result of road rage, officials said. The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2022 The behavior ranges from high speeds to incidents of road rage that led to guns fired at other drivers, at the extreme. Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2022 After 50-year-old Pedro Melendez-Alvarado was shot and killed in 2015 while driving along I-295 in the District, police suspected the incident might have been a case of road rage. Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 27 May 2022 The truck driver was warned of the dangers of road rage. Joan Rusek, cleveland, 4 May 2022 The news is replete with stories of road rage that erupted when one driver got angry at another. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 May 2022 Investigators are working to determine if the shooting was a random act of road rage or whether it was motivated by something else, including perhaps his Asian descent. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 2 May 2022 An episode of road rage at Pike Place Market over the weekend is further stoking the embers of a century-old debate around car access through Seattle’s hub of food and commerce. David Kroman, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1988, in the meaning defined above

road rage

noun

as in air rage

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • air rage
  • pet
  • quarrelsomeness
  • heat
  • delirium
  • warmth
  • rise
  • temper
  • dudgeon
  • disputatiousness
  • ruffle
  • spite
  • chafe
  • dander
  • huff
  • irritability
  • virulence
  • flare
  • outburst
  • pugnacity
  • irascibleness
  • crankiness
  • belligerence
  • malice
  • blowup
  • contentiousness
  • querulousness
  • malevolence
  • vengefulness
  • envy
  • orneriness
  • jealousy
  • contrariness
  • vindictiveness
  • contempt
  • pugnaciousness
  • venom
  • acrimoniousness
  • vitriol
  • hostility
  • animosity
  • antagonism
  • irascibility
  • jaundice
  • pique
  • passion
  • irritation
  • enmity
  • resentment
  • anger
  • birse
  • bile
  • hot-headedness
  • lividness
  • biliousness
  • embitterment
  • flare-up
  • empoisonment
  • antipathy
  • acrimony
  • rancor
  • indignation
  • mad
  • wrathfulness
  • grudge
  • exasperation
  • aggravation
  • outrage
  • wrath
  • vexation
  • fury
  • spleen
  • irateness
  • madness
  • bitterness
  • annoyance
  • rage
  • ire
  • lividity
  • mood
  • choler
  • furor
  • angriness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • delight
  • pleasure
  • patience
  • calmness
  • forbearance
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