You can use rabid to describe someone who has very strong and unreasonable opinions or beliefs about a subject, especially in politics.
[disapproval]
The party has distanced itself from the more rabid nationalist groups in the country.
rabidlyadverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB -ed]
Mead calls the group 'rabidly right-wing'.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A rabid dog or other animal has the disease rabies.
More Synonyms of rabid
rabid in British English
(ˈræbɪd, ˈreɪ-)
adjective
1.
relating to or having rabies
2.
zealous; fanatical; violent; raging
Derived forms
rabidity (rəˈbɪdɪtɪ) or rabidness (ˈrabidness)
noun
rabidly (ˈrabidly)
adverb
Word origin
C17: from Latin rabidus frenzied, mad, from rabere to be mad
rabid in American English
(ˈræbɪd; for 3, occas. ˈreɪbɪd)
adjective
1.
violent; raging
2.
fanatic or unreasonably zealous in beliefs, opinions, or pursuits
3.
of or having rabies
Derived forms
rabidity (raˈbidity) (rəˈbɪdəti)
noun or ˈrabidness
rabidly (ˈrabidly)
adverb
Word origin
L rabidus < rabere, to rage, prob. < IE base *rabh-, to be violent, raging > Sans rábhas-, violence, force, L rabies, madness
Examples of 'rabid' in a sentence
rabid
The adrenalin pumped inside us and we went out like rabid animals.
The Sun (2016)
These protesters should have been put down like a rabid dog the first night.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The food cognoscenti would avoid your choice as they would a rabid dog.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Normally he is quite close to a rabid dog.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But some rabid dogs did not bark or bite in this election season.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He engendered his rabid brand of nationalism through a combination of fear and history.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And a rabid dog or two.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The leader of this group is like a rabid dog that has completely lost the plot but still has teeth and a temper.
The Sun (2014)
Leader is like a rabid dog They used to wear school uniforms.
The Sun (2014)
I was trapped with nobody about but a rabid dog that now smelt blood from a small cut on my cheek.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Cue frantic suggestions of random food groups that might just go together, then scavenging in empty cupboards like rabid dogs on heat.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It was a match that will have been relished only by rabid nationalists and others for whom victory and vengeance are the sole reasons for playing sport.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I wouldn't use it to put a rabid dog out of its misery.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The almost rabid Eton Dorney crowd was beginning to boil.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The former postman from The Hague was panicking like he had just been chased up a garden path by a rabid dog.
The Sun (2006)
And did you, while nibbling popcorn next to a loved one, witness a man getting torn apart by rabid dogs?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
1 (adjective)
Definition
fanatical
the rabid state media
Synonyms
fanatical
As a boy he was a fanatical patriot.
extreme
his extreme political views
irrational
fervent
zealous
She was a zealous worker for charitable bodies.
bigoted
He was bigoted and racist.
intolerant
intolerant attitudes towards non-Catholics
narrow-minded
He's just a narrow-minded bigot.
intemperate
the unwisely intemperate language of the party leader
swivel-eyed (slang)
Opposites
moderate,
wishy-washy (informal)
,
half-hearted
2 (adjective)
The tablets gave him the look of a rabid dog.
Synonyms
crazed
the manager's crazed antics on the touchline
wild
When I told him what I had done, he was wild.
violent
He could be violent from time to time.
mad (informal)
I'm pretty mad about it, I can tell you.
raging
Inside, she was raging.
furious
He is furious at the way he has been treated.
frantic
A bird had been locked in and was now quite frantic.
frenzied
the frenzied activity of the general election
infuriated
She realized how infuriated this would make me.
berserk
When I saw him I went berserk.
maniacal
She is hunched over the wheel with a maniacal expression.
berko (Australian, slang)
3 (adjective)
Definition
having rabies
Synonyms
mad
hydrophobic
Additional synonyms
in the sense of berserk
When I saw him I went berserk.
Synonyms
crazy,
wild,
mad (informal),
frantic,
ape (slang),
apeshit (slang),
violent,
raging,
frenzied,
manic,
enraged,
uncontrollable,
rabid,
amok,
maniacal,
barro (Australian, slang),
off the air (Australian, slang),
porangi (New Zealand)
in the sense of bigoted
He was bigoted and racist.
Synonyms
intolerant,
twisted,
racist,
prejudiced,
biased,
warped,
sectarian,
dogmatic,
opinionated,
narrow-minded,
obstinate,
xenophobic,
chauvinistic,
small-minded,
illiberal,
uncharitable,
racialist
in the sense of extreme
Definition
(of an opinion, political group, etc.) beyond the limits regarded as acceptable
his extreme political views
Synonyms
radical,
unusual,
excessive,
exceptional,
exaggerated,
outrageous,
over the top (slang),
unreasonable,
uncommon,
unconventional,
fanatical,
zealous,
out-and-out,
inordinate,
egregious,
intemperate,
immoderate,
O.T.T. (slang),
swivel-eyed (slang)
Nearby words of
rabid
rabble
rabble-rouser
Rabelaisian
rabid
race
racecourse
racehorse
Synonyms of 'rabid'
rabid
Explore 'rabid' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of frantic
Definition
distracted with fear, pain, joy, etc.
A bird had been locked in and was now quite frantic.
Synonyms
frenzied,
wild,
mad (informal),
raging,
furious,
raving,
distracted,
distraught,
berserk,
uptight (informal),
overwrought,
at the end of your tether,
beside yourself,
at your wits' end,
berko (Australian, slang)
in the sense of frenzied
the frenzied activity of the general election
Synonyms
uncontrolled,
wild,
excited,
mad,
crazy,
furious,
frantic,
distraught,
hysterical,
agitated,
frenetic,
feverish,
rabid,
maniacal
in the sense of furious
Definition
extremely angry or annoyed
He is furious at the way he has been treated.
Synonyms
angry,
mad (informal),
raging,
boiling,
fuming,
choked,
frantic,
pissed (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
frenzied,
infuriated,
incensed,
enraged,
maddened,
inflamed,
very angry,
cross,
pissed off (taboo, slang),
livid (informal),
up in arms,
incandescent,
on the warpath (informal),
foaming at the mouth,
wrathful,
in high dudgeon,
wroth (archaic),
fit to be tied (slang),
beside yourself,
tooshie (Australian, slang)
in the sense of infuriated
She realized how infuriated this would make me.
Synonyms
angry,
mad (informal),
furious,
heated,
raging,
provoked,
outraged,
annoyed,
passionate,
irritated,
hacked (off) (US, slang),
choked,
pissed (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
incensed,
enraged,
exasperated,
resentful,
nettled,
indignant,
pissed off (taboo, slang),
irate,
riled,
up in arms,
incandescent,
antagonized,
piqued,
hot under the collar (informal),
on the warpath,
foaming at the mouth,
choleric,
splenetic,
wrathful,
in high dudgeon,
ireful,
tooshie (Australian, slang),
off the air (Australian, slang)
in the sense of intemperate
Definition
extreme or severe
the unwisely intemperate language of the party leader
Synonyms
excessive,
extreme,
over the top (slang),
wild,
violent,
severe,
passionate,
extravagant,
uncontrollable,
self-indulgent,
unbridled,
prodigal,
unrestrained,
tempestuous,
profligate,
inordinate,
incontinent,
ungovernable,
immoderate,
O.T.T. (slang)
in the sense of intolerant
Definition
refusing to accept practices and beliefs that differ from one's own
intolerant attitudes towards non-Catholics
Synonyms
narrow-minded,
prejudiced,
bigoted,
narrow,
racist,
one-sided,
fanatical,
dictatorial,
dogmatic,
xenophobic,
chauvinistic,
small-minded,
illiberal,
uncharitable,
racialist
in the sense of maniacal
She is hunched over the wheel with a maniacal expression.
Synonyms
crazed,
mad,
crazy (informal),
wild,
raving,
frenzied,
demented,
deranged,
berserk
in the sense of narrow-minded
Definition
bigoted, intolerant, or prejudiced
He's just a narrow-minded bigot.
Synonyms
intolerant,
conservative,
prejudiced,
biased,
provincial,
petty,
reactionary,
parochial,
short-sighted,
bigoted,
insular,
opinionated,
small-minded,
hidebound,
illiberal,
strait-laced
in the sense of raging
Inside, she was raging.
Synonyms
furious,
mad (informal),
raving,
fuming,
frenzied,
infuriated,
incensed,
enraged,
seething,
fizzing (Scottish),
incandescent,
foaming at the mouth,
fit to be tied (slang),
boiling mad (informal),
beside yourself,
doing your nut (British, slang),
off the air (Australian, slang)
in the sense of violent
Definition
using or involving physical force with the intention of causing injury or destruction