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raving

[ rey-ving ]

adjective

  1. talking wildly; delirious; frenzied:

    a raving maniac.

  2. Informal. extraordinary or remarkable:

    a raving beauty.



adverb

  1. furiously or wildly:

    a remark that made me raving mad.

noun

  1. Usually ravings.
    1. irrational, incoherent talk:

      Putting him in a straitjacket did not stop his ravings.

    2. wildly extravagant or outrageous talk; bombast.

raving

/ ˈ°ù±ðɪ±¹ÉªÅ‹ /

adjective

    1. delirious; frenzied
    2. ( as adverb )

      raving mad

  1. informal.
    (intensifier)

    a raving beauty

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. usually plural frenzied, irrational, or wildly extravagant talk or utterances
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ°ù²¹±¹¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù²¹±¹î€ƒi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·°ù²¹±¹î€ƒi²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of raving1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; rave 1, -ing 1, -ing 2
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In an old gun barrel factory in Sheffield's industrial heartland, hundreds of people are raving under the fluorescent lights of Hope Works club for one of the last times before it closes.

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Opponents of fluoridation have played on paranoid fears for decades, but into the 1960s, these were popularly dismissed as ravings from fringe organizations.

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Even back in 2016, Trump was raving about how he loves "the poorly educated."

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Is it a case of rote journalistic convention that turns Trump’s demented ravings into something resembling the blandly acceptable “policy statements†of a typical gladhanding pol?

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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.

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