- rabid adj
- A cross between a puppy and a bunny is a rabid dog.
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rabid adj
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rabid — (adj.) 1610s, furious, raving, from L. rabidus, from rabere be mad, rave (see RAGE (Cf. rage)). Meaning made mad by rabies first recorded 1804. Related: Rabidly; rabidness … Etymology dictionary
rabid — [adj] very angry; maniacal berserk, bigoted, bitten, corybantic, crazed*, crazy, delirious, deranged, enthusiastic, extreme, extremist, fanatical, fervent, flipped*, foaming at the mouth*, frantic, freaked out*, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hot* … New thesaurus
rabid — adj. fanatical rabid about, on (rabid on a certain subject) * * * [ ræbɪd] on (rabid on a certain subject) [ fanatical ] rabid about … Combinatory dictionary
rabid — adj. 1 furious, violent (rabid hate). 2 unreasoning; headstrong; fanatical (a rabid anarchist). 3 (esp. of a dog) affected with rabies; mad. 4 of or connected with rabies. Derivatives: rabidity n. rabidly adv. rabidness n. Etymology: L rabidus f … Useful english dictionary
rabid — adj. Rabid is used with these nouns: ↑dog, ↑fan … Collocations dictionary
rabid — [rab′id; ] for 3, occas. [ rā′bid] adj. [L rabidus < rabere, to rage, prob. < IE base * rabh , to be violent, raging > Sans rábhas , violence, force, L rabies, madness] 1. violent; raging 2. fanatic or unreasonably zealous in beliefs,… … English World dictionary
rabid — adj 1. extreme, extremist, fanatical, perfervid, overzealous, overenthusiastic; unreasonable, irrational. 2. raging, raving, frenzied, frenetic, frantic, wild eyed, blue in the face; furious, violent, wild, infuriate, maniacal, Inf. hog wild, Inf … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
rabid — [[t]ræ̱bɪd, re͟ɪb [/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) You can use rabid to describe someone who has very strong and unreasonable opinions or beliefs about a subject, especially in politics. The party has distanced itself from the more… … English dictionary
rabid — rabidity /reuh bid i tee, ra /, rabidness, n. rabidly, adv. /rab id/, adj. 1. irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan. 2. furious or raging; violently intense: a rabid hunger. 3. affected with or… … Universalium
rabid — rab|id [ˈræbıd, ˈreı ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: rabidus, from rabere; RAGE1] 1.) having very extreme and unreasonable opinions ▪ a group of rabid right wing fanatics 2.) a rabid animal is suffering from rabies … Dictionary of contemporary English
