Rabid
['ræbɪd;'reɪ-]
Definition
(n.) Furious; raging; extremely violent.
(n.) Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist.
(n.) Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.
(n.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Furious, raging, mad.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Furious, raging, mad, infuriated, maniacal, frantic, raving
ANT:Rational, sane, reasonable, sober
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Definition
adj. furious: mad: affected with rabies as a dog: foolishly intense.—adj. Rab′ic pertaining to rabies.—adv. Rab′idly.—ns. Rab′idness; Rā′bies the disease (esp. of dogs) from which hydrophobia is communicated: canine madness.—adjs. Rābiet′ic resembling madness; Rābif′ic communicating hydrophobia; Rā′bious raging.
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Examples
- In October a shepherd lad, who, though badly bitten himself, had saved some other children from the attack of a rabid dog, was the second one to benefit b y the great discovery. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This is the man who is called by Carlyle rabid dog, atrocious, squalid, and Dog-leech--this last by way of tribute to his science. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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