The Clue
Lear's consuming emotion (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RAGE
Tags
Notes
The answer RAGE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
Related Clues
All the ___
Choler
Craze
Fad
Fashion
Frenzy
Furor
Fury
Latest
Mania
Passion
Storm
Tantrum
Vehemence
Vogue
Angry display
Blow up
Face reddener
Faddist's pursuit
Fire and fury
Height of fashion
High dudgeon
Hit the roof
Huge fad
Latest fad
Latest fashion
Latest thing
Lear's emotion
Sheldon's "___ of Angels"
Throw a tantrum
Act like Hotspur
Ahab's or Lear's emotion
Blow one's stack
More than a vogue
Road ___ (driver control problem)
Definition
RAGE as a noun:
1. (fury, rage, madness) = a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"
2. a state of extreme anger; "she fell into a rage and refused to answer"
3. (rage, passion) = something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him"
4. violent state of the elements; "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks"
5. (fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage) = an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
RAGE as a verb:
1. (ramp, rage, storm) = behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
2. be violent; as of fires and storms
3. feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"