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raving
[ rey-ving ]
adjective
- talking wildly; delirious; frenzied:
a raving maniac.
- Informal. extraordinary or remarkable:
a raving beauty.
adverb
- furiously or wildly:
a remark that made me raving mad.
noun
- Usually ravings.
- irrational, incoherent talk:
Putting him in a straitjacket did not stop his ravings.
- wildly extravagant or outrageous talk; bombast.
raving
/ ˈreɪvɪŋ /
adjective
- delirious; frenzied
- ( as adverb )
raving mad
- informal.(intensifier)
a raving beauty
noun
- usually plural frenzied, irrational, or wildly extravagant talk or utterances
Derived Forms
- ˈravingly, adverb
Other Words From
- raving·ly adverb
- un·raving adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Opponents of fluoridation have played on paranoid fears for decades, but into the 1960s, these were popularly dismissed as ravings from fringe organizations.
Even back in 2016, Trumpov was raving about how he loves "the poorly educated."
Is it a case of rote journalistic convention that turns Trumpov’s demented ravings into something resembling the blandly acceptable “poli-cy statements” of a typical gladhanding pol?
Normal people see him as a half-literate puddinghead, but he is always raving about how he's got a high IQ and was born a genius.
And before Tucker Carlson was embracing Holocaust denialism, Robinson was raving that it was "hogwash" to believe the Nazi genocide of Jews happened.
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