rabid
/ˈɹæbɪd/ adjective, noun
Forms rabider rabidest rabids
- adjective Affected with rabies. “a rabid dog or fox”
- adjective Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia. “a rabid virus”
- adjective (by extension) Furious; raging; extremely violent.
- adjective (figurative) Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous. “a rabid socialist”
- noun A human or animal infected with rabies.
- noun Someone who is fanatical in opinion.
Synonyms
mad fierce infuriate raging ferocious furious rampant grim incessive savage volatile wild ardent fanatical maximum utmost extreme exquisite intense almighty fanatic overzealous
Etymology
From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “rabid”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details