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raving

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rav·ing  (rvng)
adj.
1. Talking or behaving irrationally; wild: a raving maniac.
2. Exciting admiration: a raving beauty.
n.
Delirious, irrational speech.
raving·ly adv.
raving [ˈreɪvɪŋ]
adj
1.
a.  delirious; frenzied
b.  (as adv.) raving mad
2. Informal (intensifier) a raving beauty
n
(usually plural) frenzied, irrational, or wildly extravagant talk or utterances
ravingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.raving - declaiming wildly; "the raving of maniacs"
declamation - vehement oratory
Adv.1.raving - in a raving manner; "raving mad"
ravingly
raving
adjective mad, wild, raging, crazy, furious, frantic, frenzied, hysterical, insane, irrational, crazed, berserk, delirious, rabid, out of your mind, gonzo (slang) Malcolm looked at her as if she were a raving lunatic.
Translations
raving [ˈreɪvɪŋ]
A. ADJ he's a raving lunatic → está loco de remate
B. ADV you must be raving mad! → ¡tú estás loco de atar!
raving [ˈreɪvɪŋ]
adj
raving mad → fou* à lier(folle)
She's raving mad! → Elle est folle à lier!
a raving lunatic → un fou furieux
n → divagations fpl
raving
adj
(= frenzied) → wahnsinnig, verrückt; (= delirious) → im Delirium, fantasierend attr, → phantasierend attr; his raving fantasies → seine verrückten Fantastereien or Phantastereien; a raving lunatic (inf) → ein kompletter Idiot (inf)
(inf: = remarkable) success → toll (inf); beauty → hinreißend
adv raving mad (inf) → total verrückt (inf); to go raving mad (inf) → total verrückt werden (inf)
n raving(s) → Fantasien pl, → Phantasien pl
raving [ˈreɪvɪŋ] adj raving lunatic → pazzo/a furioso/a
you must be raving mad! → sei matto da legare!
raving [ˈreɪvɪŋ] adj raving lunatic → pazzo/a furioso/a
you must be raving mad! → sei matto da legare!


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"Just snuffed out," said the other; "he died at four o'clock this morning; all yesterday he was raving -- raving about Skinner, and having no Sundays.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
`I've seen hatters before,' she said to herself; `the March Hare will be much the most interesting, and perhaps as this is May it won't be raving mad--at least not so mad as it was in March.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context
In the course of a few days he showed symptoms of hydrophobia, and became raving toward night.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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