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rabid [ˈræbɪd ˈreɪ-] adj
1. (Medicine / Pathology) relating to or having rabies 2. zealous; fanatical; violent; raging [from Latin rabidus frenzied, mad, from rabere to be mad] rabidity [rəˈbɪdɪtɪ], rabidness n rabidly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
rabid adjective 1. fanatical, extreme, irrational, fervent, zealous, bigoted, intolerant, narrow-minded, intemperate the rabid state media fanatical moderate, wishy-washy (informal), half-hearted Translations rabid [ˈræbɪd] adj (dog) → idrofobo/a, rabbioso/a (fig) (furious) → arrabbiato/a; (fanatical) → fanatico/a rabid [ˈræbɪd] adj (dog) → idrofobo/a, rabbioso/a (fig) (furious) → arrabbiato/a; (fanatical) → fanatico/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Martin told him that his hatred of the magazines was rabid, fanatical, and that his conduct was a thousand times more despicable than that of the youth who burned the temple of Diana at Ephesus. Mugridge seemed to be in rabid fear of the water, and he exhibited a nimbleness and speed we did not dream he possessed. "Well, then, you shall have plenty of it; and first, I see you've not much more sense than some others of my acquaintance"(indicating me with his thumb), "or else you'd never turn rabid about that dirty little country called England; for rabid, I see you are; I read Anglophobia in your looks, and hear it in your words. |
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