Raving
/ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/ adj, adv, noun, verb
adj, adv, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Wild, incoherent, or irrational talk. plural-normally
"A production without design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning."
- 2 declaiming wildly wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of rave form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Talking wildly.
"Oh, what an extraordinary idea! I have served 11 governments in the past 30 years. If I'd believed in all their policies, [proceeds to describe contradictory policies by different parties], but above all, I would have been a stark-staring raving schizophrenic! (laugh track)."
- 2 Causing excitement or wild praise.
"She was not considered a raving beauty."
Adjective
- 1 talking or behaving irrationally wordnet
Adverb
- 1 Incoherently
"He went stark, raving mad."
Adverb
- 1 in a raving manner wordnet
Example
More examples"She went stark raving mad after learning of her brother's suicide."