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Synonyms for raving


Grammar : Adj
Spell : rey-ving
Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ vɪŋ



Définition of raving

Origin :
  • late 15c., "delirious, frenzied," present participle adjective from rave (v.); sense of "remarkable, fit to excite admiration" is from 1841, hence slang superlative use.
  • adj maniacal
Example sentences :
  • We put him to bed, and in a short time he wakened, raving with a fever on his brain.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • If I had pursued the matter, who knows but I might have been a raving maniac by this time.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Coupeau was a raving madman, the same as one sees at the Charenton mad-house!
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • He was manacled and guarded as though he were a raving madman.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • Mary began to feel that she, too, was in danger of raving distraction.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • She was raving in delirium, and died without recognizing me.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
  • I stopped my ears against his raving, but could not shut it out.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
  • Sooner or later I must go, or I shall become a raving maniac.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • You may see how she has fascinated me, for I could go on raving about her for hours.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • Thinking, too, of old Aleck Douglas and the things that he had said in his raving.
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower

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