Rabid

//ˈɹæbɪd// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A human or animal infected with rabies.
  2. 2
    Someone who is fanatical in opinion.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Affected with rabies.

    "a rabid dog or fox"

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

    "a rabid virus"

  3. 3
    Furious; raging; extremely violent. broadly

    "It seems a very likely agreement that the Maestre’s activity against Cabra, at and after Ciudad Real, should be balanced by the service of Aguilar’s brutal underlings in the Rebellion at Fuente Ovejuna." In any event, there were “algunos caballeros (sic) cordobeses a devocién de . . . Rodrigo Girén,” who in 1473 had already proved themselves only too eager for the most rabid violence."

  4. 4
    Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous. figuratively

    "a rabid socialist"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea wordnet
  2. 2
    of or infected by rabies wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
overzealousabandonedamokbacchicbellowingberserk

Example

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"If you get bit by a rabid dog, you'll need a tetanus shot."

Etymology

From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).

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