raversadj.
/ˈreɪvəz/, U.S. /ˈreɪvərz/ slang.
In predicative use: raving mad, delirious; furious, angry. Frequently in stark ravers.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > delirious or raving
wedingc725
lighta1500
light-headeda1500
ravinga1525
raving mad1541
frenetical1548
idle1548
delirant1600
deliring1600
frenetic1609
phrenitic1649
delirous1656
delirious1670
deliriate1689
rambling1700
straggle-brained1725
allochoos1811
ravers1938
the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [adjective] > furiously angry
grim971
aweddeOE
woodlyc1000
anburstc1275
woodc1275
aburstc1300
eagerc1325
brotheful1330
brothely1330
furiousc1374
wroth as (the) wind1377
throc1380
fella1382
wrothlya1400
grindelc1400
raginga1425
furibund1490
bremit1535
outraging1567
fulminant?1578
wood-like1578
horn-mad1579
snuff1582
woodful1582
maddeda1586
rageful1585
furibundal1593
gary1609
fierce1611
wild1653
infuriate1667
hopping mad1675
maddened1735
sulphureous1751
savage1789
infuriated1796
bouncing mad1834
frenzy1859
furyinga1861
ropeable1870
furied1878
fulminous1886
livid1888
fit to be tied1894
hopping1894
fighting mad1896
tamping mad1946
up the wall1951
ravers1967
1938 N. Marsh Death in White Tie xxii. 242 Bart has driven me stark ravers, he's been so awful.
1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death xvii. 189 In Henry's..opinion Miss Prentice is practically ravers.
1964 M. Stewart This Rough Magic (1965) xiii. 156 I'd have gone stark ravers if I'd had to sit there all night.
1967 N. Marsh Death at Dolphin iv. 100 Jeremy..will probably go stark ravers if they're sold out of the country.
1986 R. Searle To Kwai—& Back v. 113/1 It was an involuntary act of self-preservation that protected some of us from going stark, staring ravers, leaving us just mildly demented.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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