raving
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈreɪvɪŋ/
- Informal
:
desvarío
- - Stop this raving at once.
Some of my favorite poetry is, you know, the ravings of a lunatic.
- Some of my favorite poetry is, you know, the ravings of a lunatic.
Examples
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She must have turned the whole town into stark raving lunatics.
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Spare me your ravings.
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Never heard worse raving in my life.
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One raving, almost dead man, and you call that clean?
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Well, that explains the raving antics.
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No longer a helpless depressive or raving paranoid, she was simply an eccentric old lady.
Fiction book (1998) -
Bogdanich became convinced that Douglas' beliefs were not the ravings of a fanatical advocate.
Academic text (1995) -
I couldn't understand his raving about the government; it seemed completely nonsensical.
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The artist's raving during the interview captivated the audience, filled with passionate and loud statements.
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Her raving about the unfair treatment was hard to ignore, as she expressed her feelings loudly.
Synonyms
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5.5
Loud speech that shows strong anger and little reason
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6.8
A fast flow of words spoken with strong feeling
A loud, strong shout often made in protest
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How Wild
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Morphology
Etymology
Raving as a noun comes from the verb rave, which meant 'to speak wildly or be mad'. Think of someone loudly saying strange, angry words without sense, and you have the image of raving meaning wild or frenzied speech.