road rage

Noun

Meaning

violence exhibited by drivers in traffic

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

driving abuse car combat auto altercation driver rage automobile anger aggressive behaviour on the road automobile annoyance driver outrage automobile fury anger between drivers automobile outrage automobile tantrum driver aggression improper driving aggressive behavior on the road

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Hypernyms

force violence

Examples

When I see that there have been 3.6 million examples of road rage in the last year, I say to myself that there must have been 3.6 million examples of bad, inattentive or selfish driving. Jeremy Clarkson

I'm an awful driver. I'm not going to lie about it. I'm not a good driver. I tried for a long time to pretend that I was. There's a lot of road rage and a lot of times it's directed at something I've done on the road. Kristen Bell

I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage. Arin Paul

Perfect date material, she thought. A vampire with the social equivalent of road rage. ---Beth about Wrath. J.R. Ward

I have some road rage inside of me. Traffic, especially in L.A., is a pet peeve of mine. Katie Holmes

The greatest players use anger as fuel. Michael Jordan played every night with something like road rage. J. R. Moehringer

Close letter words and terms

road pricing road race road racing road rager road rash road reclaimer