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raiva — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • anger noun A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility, often triggered by feeling wronged or threatened.
  • chafe noun Warmth produced by rubbing against something.
  • hydrophobia noun A dislike of water caused by rabies, or the disease of rabies itself.
  • outrage noun Strong anger or indignation caused by something shocking or unfair.
  • rabies noun A deadly viral disease spread through the bite of an infected animal, causing brain inflammation and severe behavioural changes.
  • rage noun Intense, uncontrolled anger.

Senses

raiva is used for these senses in English:

  • anger A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.
  • chafe (archaic, countable, uncountable) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
  • hydrophobia (pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
  • outrage The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
  • rabies (disease) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.
  • rage Violent uncontrolled anger.

anger — full definition

  1. noun A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility, often triggered by feeling wronged or threatened.
  2. verb To make someone feel angry.

chafe — full definition

  1. noun Warmth produced by rubbing against something.
  2. noun Soreness or wear brought about by rubbing.
  3. noun A feeling of annoyance or anger.
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