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ragebait

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹeɪd͡ʒˌbeɪt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Holonym: outrage culture
  • Near-synonyms: outrage porn, provocation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outrage porn, provocation, trolling

Antonyms: joybait

2

verb

Meaning 2

To produce content that provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To annoy or upset through one's behavior.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, humorous, transitive

Examples

  • got ragebaited by my cat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin rabiō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Classical Latin rabiēs Late Latin rabia Anglo-Norman ragebor. Middle English rage English rage English bait English -bait English ragebait From rage + -bait (“manipulation to elicit a particular response”). Compare rage farm.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: provosoiva sisältö — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Finnish: raivostuttava sisältö — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Finnish: raivosyötti — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Finnish: ragebaitti — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Georgian: რეიჯბეითი (reiǯbeiti) — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Georgian: სიბრაზის სატყუარა (sibrazis saṭq̇uara) — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • German: Wutköder — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • German: Ragebait — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Polish: ragebait — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Portuguese: ragebait — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Russian: ре́йджбейт (réjdžbejt) — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Spanish: carnaza enfureciente — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Spanish: carnada enfuerecedora — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Spanish: enza encorajinante — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Spanish: añagaza encorajinadora — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Spanish: ñagaza enrabietante — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Spanish: cebo enrabietador — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Spanish: anzuelo enrabiante — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Spanish: pescarrabietas — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Spanish: provocafurores — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Spanish: buscafurias — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Spanish: generaíras — content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 引战 (yǐnzhàn) — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Indonesian: pancing amarah — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Polish: ragebaitować — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Polish: zragebaitować — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Spanish: sacar de quicio — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Spanish: enrabiar — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Spanish: desquiciar — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Spanish: exasperar — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Spanish: enfurecer — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Spanish: encorajinar — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Spanish: encolerizar — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Spanish: enrabietar — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction
  • Telugu: రెచ్చగొట్టు (reccagoṭṭu) — to produce content that provokes anger in order to increase interaction