as in ranting
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1
as in drooling
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm
she raved about the Mother's Day breakfast of cold coffee and burnt toast that her young children had proudly set before her
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as in huffing
to talk loudly and wildly
a man stood outside city hall raving like a lunatic about his tax bill
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Recent Examples of raving
Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 13 July 2022
In the video, De Laurentiis mixed up the drink, which mixes balsamic vinegar and sparkling water, and gave a raving review.
—Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022
One-off tweets are still a lot of fun, but building a community of raving fans is where Twitter really shines.
—Evan William Kirstel, Forbes, 17 May 2022
The album was released in May 2020 and received raving reviews, and has been streamed 1 Billion times globally to date.
—Izzy Colón, SPIN, 30 Mar. 2022
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Adjective
Unbeknownst that the emerging artist was working amongst them, the raving crowd of partygoers danced in excitement as the DJ shouted her out.
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As a result, he’s ordered to attend an acting class, where students are instructed how to soften interactions with variously angry, frightened or confused patients.—
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Peter Nguyen, 54, a father of a seventh-grader at the school, said lots of angry parents spoke up at the meeting.—
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Last week, Fox premiered the new comedy Going Dutch, about a ranting conservative father (Denis Leary) forced to reconnect with his estranged liberal daughter (Taylor Misiak).—
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The Pats addressed two of their biggest needs, but instead in Tuesday’s paper there’s me, smiling in my headshot and ranting in print, a clueless dope.—
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While Nigerians are upset with economic conditions, most are not mad at Dangote.—
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Why, for instance, is the hot middle-aged dad, Eric (Scott Foley), so incredibly mad at his 20-something daughter, Olivia (Maia Reficco), for wanting to purchase a literal villa in Italy for the whopping price of one euro?—
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The album’s a masterpiece of circulatory funk that works your body but whose indignant resignation and few hopeful embers also break your heart.—
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In his first news conference since he the head injury on Sept. 12, Tagovailoa appeared somewhat indignant, especially when asked about how his concussion history will impact his NFL future.—
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The unhinged man became irate over the bump and punched the victim in the face before pulling out a knife and stabbing him in the right torso.—
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The Blue Jackets were irate that Severson — not Kesselring — was given an additional roughing penalty in addition to the offsetting fighting majors, putting Columbus on the penalty kill.—
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The fans are apoplectic, the Trojans have changed athletic directors (from Mike Bohn to Jen Cohen), and president Carol Folt, who hired Riley, is stepping down this summer — all of which suggests significant seat heat.—
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In the premiere of the most recent season of Sesame Street, innocent conversations among residents of 123 Sesame Street keep being interrupted by a typically confused and apoplectic Grover.—
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This is a very famous spinoff of a very famous show that has a rabid fanbase.—
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Two persons, however, were exposed to the rabid bull and had to be given rabies vaccine.—
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This helps explain why Gabbard elicits a seething hatred from people like Frum, Clinton, and Nichols.—
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The posts linked a global network of agitators who have seized on the influx of migrants seeking political asylum or economic opportunity to build seething followings online.—
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“Raving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raving. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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