rabid
adjective /ˈræbɪd/, /ˈreɪbɪd/
/ˈræbɪd/
- [usually before noun] (disapproving) (of a type of person) having very strong feelings about something and acting in an unacceptable way
- rabid right-wing fanatics
- the rabid tabloid press
- [usually before noun] (disapproving) (of feelings or opinions) violent or extreme
- rabid speculation
- suffering from rabies
- a rabid dog
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘furious, madly violent’): from Latin rabidus, from rabere ‘to rave’.