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View usage for: (reɪvɪŋ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]You use raving to describe someone who you think is completely mad. [informal] Malcolm looked at her as if she were a raving lunatic. Synonyms: mad, wild, raging, crazy More Synonyms of raving Raving is also an adverb. I'm afraid Jean-Paul has gone raving mad. 2. See also rave raving in British English (ˈreɪvɪŋ) adjective1. b. (as adverb) raving mad 2. informal (intensifier) a raving beauty noun3. (usually plural) frenzied, irrational, or wildly extravagant talk or utterances Derived forms ravingly (ˈravingly) adverb raving in American English (ˈreɪvɪŋ) adjective1. raging; delirious; frenzied 2. US, Informal exciting great admiration or praise; notable a raving beauty adverb3. so as to cause raving raving mad noun4. delirious, incoherent speech Examples of 'raving' in a sentenceraving He lost his mind too, and it was said he wandered about the island raving.Based on our first few hours with it, we're not exactly raving about it.He had gone to America and seen what it had done for his cousin, then came back raving about how great it was. Definition delirious the band's raving fans Synonyms mad crazy irrational delirious Additional synonymsWhen I saw him I went berserk. Synonyms crazy, wild, mad (informal), frantic, ape (slang), apeshit (slang), violent, raging, frenzied, manic, enraged, uncontrollable, rabid, amok, maniacal, barro (Australian, slang), off the air (Australian, slang), porangi (New Zealand) Definition wild and uncontrolled in behaviour the manager's crazed antics on the touchline Synonyms mad, crazy, raving, unbalanced, deranged, berserk, unhinged, berko (Australian, slang), off the air (Australian, slang), porangi (New Zealand) Definition distracted with fear, pain, joy, etc. A bird had been locked in and was now quite frantic. Synonyms frenzied, wild, mad (informal), raging, furious, raving, distracted, distraught, berserk, uptight (informal), overwrought, at the end of your tether, beside yourself, at your wits' end, berko (Australian, slang) - raven
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Additional synonymsthe frenzied activity of the general election Synonyms uncontrolled, wild, excited, mad, crazy, furious, frantic, distraught, hysterical, agitated, frenetic, feverish, rabid, maniacalDefinition extremely angry or annoyed He is furious at the way he has been treated. Synonyms angry, mad (informal), raging, boiling, fuming, choked, frantic, pissed (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), frenzied, infuriated, incensed, enraged, maddened, inflamed, very angry, cross, pissed off (taboo, slang), livid (informal), up in arms, incandescent, on the warpath (informal), foaming at the mouth, wrathful, in high dudgeon, wroth (archaic), fit to be tied (slang), beside yourself, tooshie (Australian, slang) Definition in a state of uncontrolled panic, anger, or excitement When I told her the news she became hysterical. Synonyms frenzied, frantic, raving, distracted, distraught, crazed, uncontrollable, berserk, overwrought, convulsive, beside yourselfThe tablets gave him the look of a rabid dog. Synonyms crazed, wild, violent, mad (informal), raging, furious, frantic, frenzied, infuriated, berserk, maniacal, berko (Australian, slang) Inside, she was raging. Synonyms furious, mad (informal), raving, fuming, frenzied, infuriated, incensed, enraged, seething, fizzing (Scottish), incandescent, foaming at the mouth, fit to be tied (slang), boiling mad (informal), beside yourself, doing your nut (British, slang), off the air (Australian, slang) Definition in a state of extreme emotional intensity The children were wild with excitement. Synonyms excited, mad (informal), crazy (informal), eager, nuts (slang), enthusiastic, raving, frantic, daft (informal), frenzied, hysterical, avid, potty (British, informal), delirious, agog |