raving
1raving — [rā′viŋ] adj. 1. raging; delirious; frenzied ☆ 2. Informal exciting great admiration or praise; notable [a raving beauty] adv. so as to cause raving [raving mad] n. delirious, incoherent speech …
2Raving — Rav ing (r[=a]v [i^]ng), a. Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic. {Rav ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
3raving — ► NOUN (ravings) ▪ wild or incoherent talk. ► ADJECTIVE & ADVERB informal ▪ extremely or conspicuously the thing mentioned: raving mad …
4raving — index bluster (speech), bombast, frenetic, incoherence, insanity, lunatic, non compos mentis, zealous …
5raving — late 15c.; see RAVE (Cf. rave); sense of remarkable is from 1841 …
6raving — rav|ing1 [ˈreıvıŋ] adj [only before noun] informal 1.) talking or behaving in a crazy way ▪ a raving lunatic 2.) especially BrE used to emphasize that someone or something has a lot of a particular quality ▪ She was no raving beauty , but at… …
7raving — [[t]re͟ɪvɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n You use raving to describe someone who you think is completely mad. [INFORMAL] Malcolm looked at her as if she were a raving lunatic. ADV: ADV adj Raving is also an adverb. I m afraid Jean Paul has gone raving… …
8raving — ravingly, adv. /ray ving/, adj. 1. talking wildly; delirious; frenzied: a raving maniac. 2. Informal. extraordinary or remarkable: a raving beauty. adv. 3. furiously or wildly: a remark that made me raving mad. n. 4. Usually, ravings. a.… …
9raving — adjective informal 1 talking or behaving in a crazy way: a raving lunatic | raving mad informal especially BrE (=completely crazy) 2 raving beauty/success someone who is very beautiful or something that is very successful …
10raving — rav•ing [[t]ˈreɪ vɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) talking wildly; delirious: a raving maniac[/ex] 2) extraordinary in degree: a raving beauty[/ex] 3) cvb furiously; wildly: raving mad[/ex] 4) cvb Usu., ravings. incoherent or extravagant talk …
