Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Internet, countable, uncountable)Content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction.

    Holonym: outrage culture

    Near-synonyms: outrage porn, provocation

    Wutköder, Ragebait

    ре́йджбейтréjdžbejt

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

    (Internet, broadly, countable, humorous, uncountable)Something annoying or upseting.

    My university's new, buggy as hell enrollment system is actually ragebait.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. That news website is infamous for its ragebait headlines.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
content that intentionally provokes anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction:

Forms

plural: ragebaits

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms
gigglebaitjoybait

Word family

1 related words
Relatedflamebait

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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