raving

[ rey-ving ]

adjective

1. talking wildly; delirious; frenzied:

   a raving maniac.

2. Informal. extraordinary or remarkable:

   a raving beauty.

adverb

1. furiously or wildly:

   a remark that made me raving mad.

noun

1. Usually ravings.
   1. irrational, incoherent talk:

      Putting him in a straitjacket did not stop his ravings.

   2. wildly extravagant or outrageous talk; bombast.

raving

/ ˈreɪvɪŋ /

adjective

1. 1. delirious; frenzied
   2. ( as adverb )

      raving mad

2. informal.
   (intensifier)

   a raving beauty

noun

1. usually plural frenzied, irrational, or wildly extravagant talk or utterances

Derived Forms

• ˈravingly, adverb

Other Words From

• raving·ly adverb
• un·raving adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of raving¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; rave ¹, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

Even back in 2016, Trump was raving about how he loves "the poorly educated."

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Is it a case of rote journalistic convention that turns Trump’s demented ravings into something resembling the blandly acceptable “policy statements” of a typical gladhanding pol?

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Normal people see him as a half-literate puddinghead, but he is always raving about how he's got a high IQ and was born a genius.

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And before Tucker Carlson was embracing Holocaust denialism, Robinson was raving that it was "hogwash" to believe the Nazi genocide of Jews happened.

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Trump picked up the lie during Tuesday's presidential debate, raving incoherently about how immigrants are "eating the dogs" and "eating the cats," which caused Harris to reply with a guffaw, "Talk about extreme."

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