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

Charles “Father” Coughlin, a raving anti-Semite, was one of the most popular radio hosts in the country.

From The Daily Beast

Forget SoulCycle—the newest fitness craze is early morning raving, complete with DJs, costumes, and organic smoothies.

From The Daily Beast

Breakfast raving, or “Braving,” as it will no doubt become known, is set to get the whole world confident with dancing sober.

From The Daily Beast

The savvy businesswoman hamming it up as a stark raving mad TV host.

From The Daily Beast

Consider Homeland, and a scary blonde named Carrie Mathison (played by Claire Danes), who is stark raving mad.

From The Daily Beast

The man was raving mad, and the captain was obliged to have him bound hand and foot, and chained to the mast.

From Project Gutenberg

They starred it in the far West mostly, until her health and mind gave way, and she went raving mad on the stage, I believe.

From Project Gutenberg

Vile aniseed brandy—liquid fire—was sold cheap, and many a man who began the day cool and sober ended it as a raving madman.

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You who will not wish to see her languish—suffer—go mad—Thomas, I am not the raving being you take me for.

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Are the raving words, the wicked thoughts of a misguided, vicious woman to be believed by those who hear them?

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