raving

American  

[rey-ving] / ˈreɪ vɪŋ /

adjective

1. talking wildly; delirious; frenzied.

   a raving maniac.

2. Informal. extraordinary or remarkable.

   a raving beauty.

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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 British  

/ ˈreɪvɪŋ /

adjective

1. 1. delirious; frenzied

   2. ( as adverb )

      raving mad

2. informal (intensifier)

   a raving beauty

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noun

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

Other Word Forms

• ravingly adverb
• unraving adjective

Etymology

Origin of raving

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

Example Sentences

Baron Something-or-Other is raving again about trolls in The Eastern Woods.

From Literature

I see Hitler with that toothbrush mustache, hair flopping in his eyes, ranting and raving.

From Literature

“The tourists were raving about you,” she told him.

From Literature

Buzz has it that this British comedy is as strange, lovely, droll and surprising as last year’s Sundance premiere “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” a movie I’ve been raving about ever since.

From Los Angeles Times

We might not be capable of atrocities, but in our dreams we’re all occasionally raving lunatics, giving vent to feelings we keep buried away in the light of day.

From Los Angeles Times